Haggle & negotiate

Rehearse the cable-bill call. Know your walkaway before you dial.

The lesson

Role-playing negotiations before they happen: the cable retention call, the raise conversation, the car lot. Know your numbers, rehearse the pushback, practice the pause.

Try it — 60 seconds

Role-play with me. You're the [cable company retention agent]. I want [outcome]; I'm willing to [walkaway]. Push back like they really do. Afterward, critique my performance.

Copy it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — whichever you already use. Fill in the brackets with your real life.

Watch out

Rehearsal makes you calm, not scripted. If you're reading lines on a live call, you've lost the room — internalize, then improvise.