Hidden Brain · 2025-04-07 · 53 min · 8,298 words

Relationships 2.0: Become a Better Negotiator

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This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedanta. More than five decades ago. An iconic scene. In an iconic movie. damage the way millions of people thought about the art of negotiation.

In The Godfather, Marlon Brando, playing the role of Mafia boss Vito Corleone, is approached by his godson. Johnny Fontaine. The younger man wants a part in a movie. But a big shot Hollywood executive.

refuses to give it to him. The mafia leader assures his godson That he will get the role. How? Vito Corleone says of the Hollywood exec.

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