Anybody else feel like this some days?

It is true, it is the way of all things. Some days it feels like a heavier burden than others. I saw this cartoon and immediately connected with it. I posted it on instagram and it got 4,000+ likes so clearly it must touch on something!

On this thought of being prepared to negotiate, my team and I had our annual strategic offsite a couple of weeks ago. To prepare I always give people homework and ask them what they would like me to talk about. One of the asks of me was to prepare a talk on how to communicate better. Bellow are some of the slides that reaped what I said.