Catalogue Interests.
In addition, as mentioned above, reflective cataloguing of ones needs and interests in advance of a negotiation, and reconsidering needs and interests throughout the course of the negotiation, puts in the forefront of one’s consciousness matters that should be addressed or that might enable one to seize opportunities for gain in the bargaining process.
Observe the Mirror of Others.
Beyond awareness of one’s impulses, feelings, thoughts, judgments and interests, there is another type of self-understanding, all too often elusive, as expressed by the poet Robert Burns: