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I was leading a workshop last week and we got to talking about how to deliver rejection messages: you weren’t chosen, your recommendation wasn’t accepted, you aren’t getting the special dispensation you asked for. These are difficult messages to both send and receive. How you approach them speaks volumes about you.
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Writing about why I hate confessing and do it anyway last week has got me thinking about another kind of confession that builds trust.
This post is part of our Weekly Tips series.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the power of confessions. I don’t mean the criminal or religious kind; I mean garden-variety acknowledgments and admissions. They have a curious relationship to trust-building.
There’s no tip this week.
I’m tempted to fib and say it’s because the Get Real team is taking a well-planned week off.
The truth is I just didn’t get it written in time for publication today.
When I came back from my extended time off in August, I made a personal commitment to stop routinely working evenings and weekends. It’s been a month and so far I’m sticking to it. I’m also still muddling through how to make it all work. One casualty so far: this week’s tip.
Worry not, this is a temporary thing. You’ll have something substantive in your inbox next Tuesday. I just didn’t want to skip a week without saying anything. (Although I was tempted to do that, too.)
Until next week …
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I hope you’ll be entertained by what may be a bit of a rant.
I’ve borrowed the headline for this week’s tip (“Learn TIPS and TRICKS to CLOSING MORE DEALS”) from the subject line of an email I received last week. When I read it, I let out a very loud groan.