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A tramp knocks on the door of a pub called “St. George and the Dragon”. The landlady answers. “Could you give a poor man something to eat?” asks the tramp.
“No!” shouts the woman, slamming the door in his face. A few minutes later, the tramp knocks again. “Now what do you want?” the woman asks.
“Could I speak to George please?”
Do this quick BBC online quiz. Do you know “who said” these sentences? Was it the great Mahatma Gandhi or Gandalf (a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien’s novels).
You’re probably doing this already, but if not you might like to consider giving this a try.
When you want someone to take action, give a reason. Explain why.
Harvard psychologist Ellen Lange tested the power of this word by asking to cut in front of people waiting in line at a copy machine. She tried using three different questions:
Of those asked, 60 per cent let her jump the line using the first question. But when she added the “because,” 94 percent and 93 percent, respectively, accepted.
Read on: http://jamesclear.com/copy-machine-study
Perhaps we don’t like saying ‘no’ because we want to be helpful and don’t want to hurt our image. However, we know that it’s important to use this two-letter word sometimes. So let’s learn eight ways how to say ‘no’ without feeling guilty.
This is a nice response if someone doesn’t want to take ‘no’ for an answer: “I’m sorry to disappoint you. One of my goals for this year is to improve my ability to say no. You are a tough audience. I suppose it’s good practice…”
And here’s a sentence I might use from time to time: “I’m not qualified to do what you’re asking, but I know someone who might be helpful”. In fact, I used this one a week or so ago!
