Are you making life harder than it needs to be? There may be a better way, writes MartyNemko
, not only toss the cancer sticks but put a substitute where you’d normally reach for a cigarette: your purse, the table next to your easy chair, your nightstand, wherever.Make your ask and if you get a no, perhaps relaxedly propose one additional bit of information that justifies a yes, and if it’s still a no, let it go, graciously, easily. For example, if a client said no to investigating a
that I thought well-suited, I might offer one more reason and if the client still resisted, I'd say something like,"Just a thought. Onward."As the interviewee, if you over-prepare, you’re more likely to be stiff and too wedded to your prepared answers even if they're not quite right given the situation. Yes, in preparing, put yourself in the employer’s shoes and imagine a couple of important questions s/he might ask and rehearse an answer.
Our society prizes striving, and that has yielded much accomplishment, but as a bit of counterbalance, you might, on a case-by-case basis, decide to infuse your life with some ease.
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