#53: Expert Advice on How to Negotiate with Narcissists

The second most listened to episode in The Persuasion Lab was about how to negotiate with a narcissist,  based on nothing more than my experience of over 25 years negotiating deals and disputes and dime-store understanding of the personality type. 

This week, we interview an expert on the topic, a clinical psychologist of vast experience working in both inpatient and outpatient settings with clients across the socio-economic spectrum. Our guest this week is none other than Dr. Mary Ellen Medeiros! A  professor of psychology (and also my sister), Dr. Medeiros, and I drill down on how the term is misused and how to negotiate with narcissists.

NPD Criteria in DSM-V:

• A grandiose sense of self-importance (as in, the individual exaggerates achievements and talents and expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
• A preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
• A belief that he or she is special and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people or institutions
• A need for excessive admiration
• A sense of entitlement (as in an unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations)
• Interpersonally exploitive behavior (ie, the individual takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends)
• A lack of empathy (unwillingness to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others)
• Envy of others or a belief that others are envious of him or her
• A demonstration of arrogant and haughty behaviors or attitudes

Additional Information on the subject can be found at APA.org

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