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BIGDEAL Assertion Contradicted
Voss: Psychopathy Prevalence Estimates Have Risen to Roughly 1 in 35
“When I first started looking at the number, you know, they used to say like one in every 112, 116, and now they're saying roughly one in 35”
Chris Voss Jan 2, 2025 ▶ 39:36 FBI Hostage Negotiator: The Art Of Negotiating To Get Everything You Want | Chris Voss
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Partly supported
Voss: Lance Armstrong's Oprah confession was negotiated in advance
“The Lance Armstrong interview, he wasn't caught off guard by those questions. That was the negotiation between him and her in advance as to whether or not he was going to get on camera and what she was going to ask him. You don't see anything in the media abou…”
Chris Voss Sep 17, 2025 ▶ 39:42 5 Lessons in Business Negotiation from an FBI Hostage Negotiator
BIGDEAL Assertion Partly supported
Voss: Polygraphs are inadmissible in court due to wild operator variation
“So I know if you, if they ask five questions, Then it was a lousy operator, not the machine. And so the operators vary so wildly. That's why it's generally not admissible in court.”
Chris Voss Jan 2, 2025 ▶ 35:17 FBI Hostage Negotiator: The Art Of Negotiating To Get Everything You Want | Chris Voss
BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
Voss: FBI hostage negotiators have a 93% to 94% success rate
“Hostage negotiators have roughly a 93, 94% success rate.”
Chris Voss Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 27:26 FBI Hostage Negotiator: These Conversation Tactics Will Make You Rich | Chris Voss
BIGDEAL Assertion Partly supported
Voss: Vocal tone triggers involuntary neurochemical reactions in a listener's brain
“These are neurochemical reactions. These are not voluntary reactions. This is hard science. These are neurochemicals. I can pick your brain up or down based on a tone of my voice. Now you can fight it, but you can't stop me from triggering the reaction.”
Chris Voss Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 1:10:33 FBI Hostage Negotiator: These Conversation Tactics Will Make You Rich | Chris Voss
BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
Voss: People are six times more likely to deal with a friend
“Anyway, I'm listening to him at a talk one time, and he says, you're six times more likely to make a deal with somebody you like.”
Chris Voss Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 17:30 FBI Hostage Negotiator: These Conversation Tactics Will Make You Rich | Chris Voss
BIGDEAL Assertion Contradicted
Voss: Warren Buffett scans newspaper headlines but refuses to read articles
“Warren Buffett, he scans the headlines, period. He doesn't read the articles. But it, you know, he's known for scanning the headlines of several papers.”
Chris Voss Sep 3, 2024 ▶ 41:04 FBI Hostage Negotiator: These Conversation Tactics Will Make You Rich | Chris Voss
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