4 Quick, Easy Ways to Say No to People Who Take You for Granted

Written by Peter Murphy


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For that reason you have to link your needs to their gains by negotiating - tell them they will get what they want IF you get what you want.

3 Say No When You Do Not Care Aboutrepparttar Outcome

When you are flexing this new found ability to say No forrepparttar 129686 first time use every opportunity to get some practice e.g.

- In a restaurant, say no torepparttar 129687 first table you are offered - at home say No to coffee when everyone else says Yes, have tea - In a store say yes to an offer of help but No torepparttar 129688 product

What I mean is to say No when you are dealing with people whose approval is not that important to you. You will quickly learn through experience that it is notrepparttar 129689 end ofrepparttar 129690 world if you say no andrepparttar 129691 other person is not pleased with you.

4 Say No torepparttar 129692 Big Request and Yes to a Smaller One

Sometimes you are going to be asked to do more than your fair share. If you cannot avoidrepparttar 129693 job you may need to consider doing part of it.

A good way to handle these requests is to offer to do part ofrepparttar 129694 job but not all of it. For example:

- I will clean 2 rooms if you dorepparttar 129695 other 3 rooms - I can do 5 pages ofrepparttar 129696 report as long as you give merepparttar 129697 data - If you startrepparttar 129698 project I will finish it

By standing up for yourself on small points you will gradually assert yourself more often onrepparttar 129699 big issues. The main thing is to get started today on winning back control of your interactions with anyone who pushes you too far.



Peter Murphy is a peak performance expert. He recently produced a very popular free report: 10 Simple Steps to Developing Communication Confidence. Apply now because it is available for a limited time only at: http://www.howtotalkwithconfidence.com/report.htm


7 Ways To Make a Great First Impression

Written by Peter Murphy


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5. Be flexible in your approach. Different people need to be treated differently. Pay very close attention to how people respond to what you say and keep adjusting your approach until you have a good rapport with your listener.

6. Makerepparttar other personrepparttar 129684 focus of your attention and let him leadrepparttar 129685 conversation inrepparttar 129686 early stages. Let that person steerrepparttar 129687 conversation onto topics that are of interest to him.

7. Anticipate what could go wrong. Then do what you can to make sure those scenarios do not occur. Adequate planning isrepparttar 129688 key to performing at your best inrepparttar 129689 moment.

Peter Murphy is a peak performance expert. He recently produced a very popular free report: 10 Simple Steps to Developing Communication Confidence. Apply now because it is available for a limited time only at: http://www.howtotalkwithconfidence.com/report.htm


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