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Getting to yes: Audiobook

The Getting to yes audiobook runs an estimated 5.9 hours (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.9est. listening hrs
3.9★9 ratings
Businessgenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 5.9 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Getting to yes at common listening paces
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1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

What our data says

  • At 5.9 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 92% of the business audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 41% shorter than the average business audiobook (10 hrs across 259 titles in our dataset).

Computed from business audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for business listeners: a weekend-size listen at 5.9 hours (estimated).

About the book

Getting to Yes offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict—whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals continually with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution from domestic to business to international, Getting to Yes tells you how to:Separate the people from the problem;Focus on interests, not positions;Work together to create options that will satisfy both parties; andNegotiate successfully with people who are more powerful, refuse to play by the rules, or resort to "dirty tricks."Since its original publication in 1981, Getting to Yes has been translated into 18 languages and has sold over 1 million copies in its various editions. This completely revised edition is a universal guide to the art of negotiating personal and professional disputes.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Getting to yes audiobook?

Getting to yes runs about 5.9 hours, our estimate from its 200 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.

Is the Getting to yes audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

When was Getting to yes first published?

Getting to yes by Roger Drummer Fisher, Bruce Patton, William Ury was first published in 1981.