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By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 22 May 2015 13:46:20 +0000

In reply to Claire. Thank you! That is really great advice, Claire, and so true. I definitely need to write about that in a post. And glad that phrase helped you out; I use it all the time! Thanks for commenting!

By: Claire

Claire — Thu, 21 May 2015 22:01:43 +0000

Another great post, Lee! I do a lot of asking and I say I generally don’t need a reason at all – if it’s “no”, it’s “no”. Maybe the reason is “I just don’t want to” – that should be a good enough reason, but no one is going to actually say that. I know that this is outside of this topic, but there is definitely some etiquette in ASKING. Nothing is more of a turn-off than someone who can’t accept “no”. I’ve found that people who happily say “yes” are 100x better at their task than someone I begged to do it, so I try to use a pretty low pressure approach. I’ve tried to get better at recognizing when someone has trouble saying “no” and I try to give them an easy out if they are hemming and hawing about the decision – that’s a tougher call – you don’t want to talk someone out of the job, but she’s overcommitted, I’m not sure I want her on my team! No matter what being a gracious recipient of “no” will go a long way.
I am SO appreciative of your post like this – I used “I know you’ll understand” just the other day when turning someone down – I was very glad to have a good, solid phrase to use!