How to Win the Toughest Negotiation of Your Life: Yourself, with Kyle Vowinkel

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How do the high-stakes negotiation tactics used in life-or-death crises apply to winning the daily battles inside your own mind?Ethan sits down with former FBI crisis negotiator and Hostage Rescue Team veteran Kyle Vowinkel, author of Shaping Chaos. Kyle shares gripping lessons from the front lines, including negotiating with the Boston Marathon bomber and resolving high-risk sieges, while breaking down how to regulate raw emotion, overcome personal failure, and build lasting self-discipline. Whether you are tackling personal health goals or managing intense stress, influence always begins from within.Preorder Shaping Chaos by Kyle Vowinkel, with leadership lessons from FBI HRT, crisis negotiation,and high stakes operations on decisions, influence, and pressure.https://www.kylevowinkel.com/bookSign up for Ethan's newsletter for more insights:https://ethansuplee.substack.com/subscribeSHOW HIGHLIGHTS00:00 - Negotiating with Yourself01:58 - The Boston Marathon Boat Standoff08:06 - Tactical Empathy vs. Sympathy09:40 - The Emotional Teeter-Totter: Emotion vs. Rationality15:50 - Reframing Stress and Controlling Reactions19:28 - FBI Hostage Rescue Team Selection and Facing Failure28:16 - Conquering the Ego and Trying Again35:23 - De-escalation and Real-World Encounters41:06 - Shaping Chaos and the Alabama Bunker Rescue45:33 - Priming for Success and Weight Maintenance51:17 - Final Advice on Overcoming Failure Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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