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๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Evening English Mini โ€” Negotiation & Persuasion

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๐ŸŽง ํŒŸ์บ์ŠคํŠธ๋กœ ๋“ฃ๊ธฐ


๐Ÿ“ Key Expressions

  1. meet someone halfway โ€” ์„œ๋กœ ์–‘๋ณดํ•˜๋‹ค, ํƒ€ํ˜‘ํ•˜๋‹ค

    • "I'm willing to meet you halfway on the deadline."
  2. make a compelling case โ€” ์„ค๋“๋ ฅ ์žˆ๋Š” ์ฃผ์žฅ์„ ํŽผ์น˜๋‹ค

    • "She made a compelling case for increasing the budget."
  3. push back (on) โ€” ๋ฐ˜๋Œ€ ์˜๊ฒฌ์„ ์ œ์‹œํ•˜๋‹ค, ์ €ํ•ญํ•˜๋‹ค

    • "Don't be afraid to push back if the terms aren't fair."
  4. sweeten the deal โ€” ์กฐ๊ฑด์„ ๋” ์ข‹๊ฒŒ ๋งŒ๋“ค๋‹ค

    • "They sweetened the deal by offering free maintenance."
  5. have leverage โ€” ํ˜‘์ƒ์—์„œ ์œ ๋ฆฌํ•œ ์œ„์น˜์— ์žˆ๋‹ค

    • "We have leverage because they need our technology."

๐Ÿ’ฌ Mini Dialogue

A: The client wants a 30% discount. That's way too much. B: I agree, but we can't just say no. Let's meet them halfway โ€” offer 15% with extended support. A: Good idea. And we have leverage here since no competitor offers our integration. B: Exactly. If they push back, we can sweeten the deal with priority onboarding. A: That should make a compelling case. Let's go with that.


๐Ÿง  Tip

In negotiations, silence is power. After making your offer, resist the urge to fill the silence. Let the other side respond first.