At the age of five, I was nearly killed in a car accident.

I spent months in the hospital with two broken legs, a twisted neck, and skull fractures.

When I finally walked again, my parents enrolled me in judo. That was the beginning of a lifelong relationship with discipline, resilience, and strategic movement.

Later, a high school friend brought me to his karate class. I was hooked from the first session.

What followed was over 20 years of training — eventually including aikido, taiji quan, and Wing Chun, Bruce Lee’s foundational art.

Even after two failed hip surgeries, I earned my instructor certification in Shanghai — not out of ego, but commitment. The practice was never just physical. It shaped how I deal with pressure, conflict, and ambiguity — especially when stakes are high.

That mindset carried into my academic studies, where my interest in negotiation was sparked by the legendary Psychomathematics course at ESSEC Business School — designed by two professors: a PhD in Decision Science from Stanford and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from La Sorbonne.

It wasn’t about tricks. It was about human psychology and structured thinking.

I took those principles into the real world — from bond trading to corporate real estate — eventually becoming my firm’s top performer three years in a row.

Then came China. And crisis.

I moved to Asia in 2007. The subprime crash hit. And suddenly, none of my old negotiation methods worked.

In early 2008, every deal fell apart. The culture, the expectations, the rhythm — everything was different.

So I sought out the most feared negotiation coach in the world (one who would help me discover an entirely new way to look at negotiation I had never known existed) to discover where I had fallen short : I was doing all the wrong things right!

Over five years, I completely rewired my approach:
→ I stopped chasing “yes” and started welcoming “no.”
→ I stopped pleasing visibly and started asking questions that shape vision stealthily.
→ I stopped trying to change their vision and started building solid agreements on it.

What came next was a decade of field-testing. The results were mind-blowing.

In 2016 I nearly died, again, from a post-op infection that lasted 2 months!

This was my wake-up call. It was time to share my hard-earned insights.

I combined my academic foundations with 15+ years in Asia, my martial arts discipline, and high-stakes business experience, my failures as well as my successes.

The result? A negotiation system designed to perform under pressure, across cultures, and in conversations where approval is no longer the goal — but clarity, alignment, and value are.

This system has helped secure outcomes ranging from:

• a multimillion-dollar recovery in a single call,

• a 35% compensation increase in the face of shameless emotional manipulation,

• to a billion-dollar acquisition in China — closed without force, without noise, and without manipulation.

Today, I’m a Million Dollar Consulting Hall of Fame inductee, a TEDx speaker, and a trusted advisor to leaders who can’t afford to be blindsinded in any negotiation.

Now, this system is available to you.

Not the theory — the real structure, mindset, and behavioral edge that works across boardrooms, industries, and even dinner tables.

Because while cultures vary, the principles of negotiation are universal. And once you learn them, you’ll never look at a conversation the same way again.

All of it — for less than the price of a forgettable movie.
(And you won’t even miss the popcorn.)