1147: How to Optimize Your Space to Thrive with Leidy Klotz

We know that location matters in negotiations. I mean, the diplomats will like negotiate the location before they negotiate the treaty, but the study was brilliant. They had two groups. In one group they had sit in a room for 20 minutes and then they had the other group come into that room to negotiate. And the group that had been in the room for 20 minutes achieved better outcomes in the negotiations.

That's something that anybody can do. You can show up 20 minutes early for the meeting and just feel more at home. That's Lighty Quartz. He's a behavioral scientist and engineering professor at the University of Virginia. His work's

been published in many outlets and journals, and he's also the author of two books. Today he's sharing his research from his latest called In a Good Place, how the spaces where we live, work, and play can help us thrive. So you'll learn one, the three core needs that well-designed spaces meet. Two, how to feel in control of spaces that you don't control. And three, how to harness your home turf advantage anywhere.

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