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Kenny Aronoff is Exclusively Represented by CAL Entertainment By Steve Baltin for Forbes Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay’s love of music memorabilia and pop culture is so well documented it even has its own dedicated website. In recent months Irsay has brought his collection to the public, displaying his private artifacts in Austin, Nashville and […]

Dr. Stephen Klasko is Exclusively Represented by CAL Entertainment By MJ Galbraith for HealthSpaces When Dr. Stephen Klasko took to the stage at HealthSpaces, he started by playing a song: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by the Rolling Stones, one of his favorites. As president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson

By K.J. Yossman for Variety Jason Latimer and Exclusively Represented by CAL Entertainment Sony Pictures Television‘s YouTube channel Impossible Science, fronted by magician Jason Latimer, has partnered with the Los Angeles County Office of Education and the Los Angeles Unified School District to provide programming blocks in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects. The lesson plans,

From mirroring to encouraging them to say “no,” Chris Voss, founder and CEO of The Black Swan Group Ltd, shares his tried and true tips for negotiating for Inc.

As FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss says in his viral masterclass on negotiation, all of us negotiate in some way every single day. Negotiation is the way by which we work with others, find win-wins and get things done, which can apply to everything from landing a reservation at a restaurant at the last minute to successfully closing a multi-million dollar deal within just a few meetings. There are many popular books on negotiation from which you can learn exactly what to do, but those strategies weaken when you also succumb to negotiation “don’ts.” These sneaky mistakes happen to the best of us, but must be avoided in order to have a successful negotiation and to get what you want out of the situation.

This can apply to negotiating salary, coming to terms for a business deal or partnership, hiring a contractor or any of your other business or financial needs. Everything is a negotiation. In fact, 70% of managers see an offer of a salary and benefits as a starting point that’s up for negotiation. Price and features are all relative, and others are more open to negotiation than you may believe. Avoid these mistakes to get more of what you want from a conversation.

I’d like to share a bit of magic. As 2020— a challenging and opportunity-charged year— wound down, I was blessed by a Zoom trialogue with Pixar co-founder and former President of Disney Animation Studios Ed Catmull, and master storyteller, composer and pianist Harold O’Neal. We explored storytelling, virtual reality, personal responsibility— and how the universe intervenes. Chance

If you haven’t read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, do so during this crisis. While we won’t endure 100 years of isolation—heaven forbid— reflect on Garcia Marquez’s procreation of people and places removed, isolated, from the worlds we know. Like most of us are living now.