By Brian Buck | 05/18/2020
Is Anchoring Important?
The other morning, I went for what seemed like my millionth pandemic walk, when I ran into my neighbor. We…
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By Brian Buck | 05/11/2020
Mom’s Best Advice
This past week, my team and I got together for a virtual happy hour. Since we were closing in on…
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By Brian Buck | 05/04/2020
To Open or Not to Open?
The great debate is on: To open or not to open? More than 97% of our nation’s population is currently…
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By Brian Buck | 04/27/2020
Be Nice . . . Until It’s Time to Not Be Nice
Full disclosure: This isn’t the first time that I’ve quoted the cult action classic Road House. But it may be…
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By Brian Buck | 04/20/2020
Price Isn’t the Only Thing to Negotiate
In times of crisis, it’s all too easy to develop tunnel vision in a negotiation and lose sight of other…
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By Brian Buck | 04/13/2020
If You Think You’ve Got No Power, Look Harder
Imagine you’re buying a home — your first home. You’re newlyweds, it’s New Year’s Eve, you have to close by…
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By Brian Buck | 04/06/2020
Relationships in the Time of Uncertainty
No, don’t worry, I’m not talking about your significant other. On the other hand, yes, worry — I’m talking about…
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By Brian Buck | 03/30/2020
Time-Out in a Virtual World
On Monday, March 16, in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, we witnessed Wall Street’s response to an unprecedented drop…
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By Brian Buck | 03/23/2020
Minimize the Financial Impact of COVID-19
Original article on Entrepreneur.com As the world deals with the magnitude of the COVID-19 virus, we find our daily lives…
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By Brian Buck | 03/02/2020
Lost Opportunity
Joe, a friend of mine with years of specialty medical experience, was relocating to a new area and looking for…
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By Brian Buck | 02/26/2020
You Negotiate More Than You Probably Realize
Negotiation is not limited to the shot callers and power players of the world. Negotiation is a fact of life,…
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By Brian Buck | 02/24/2020
The $5 Loveseat and the Great Haggle
My dad is a notorious bargain hunter with an incredible sense for how to close a deal. So it came…
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