What makes a successful negotiator?

It is common knowledge that every aspect of our business and personal life requires negotiation. Negotiating skills are not usually part of our formal education, though we use these skills all day, every day. Negotiating can be explained as simply as "working side by side with other to achieve some beneficial result." Luckily, it is a practical skill that can be learned. It doesn’t matter if we run General Motors or our households, we all want to communicate and convince effectively, we all want to be successful negotiators. So no matter what our age or our position in life, if we develop a certain attitude about negotiating, pay attention to honing our skills, then our life will run smoother.