• Only ask for something if you’re already pretty sure the other person will say yes
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you dropped off some soup recently when they were sick, so you mention that you’re moving next weekend. They ask if you’d like to borrow their truck, which you defer saying you don’t want to inconvenience them, but when they offer again, you accept.
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Depending on whether you gravitate more towards ask or guess culture as your default, one of these scenarios may sound very uncomfortable. View Highlight 2023-10-01
But all of the older relatives insisted we did not, suggesting that instead we see the sights in San Diego, that we take the kids to Sea World, that the traffic would be awful and that a 2 hour drive would turn into 5 hours, that it’d be dangerous. This all seemed ridiculous to us, so instead we drove the two hours, keeping our plan secret until we pulled up into our grandma’s driveway, so that no one could resist and thwart our plan. We had a lovely visit, and my mom later thanked us for making the drive.
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Want to publish something on the company blog or give a talk at an upcoming event? Try asking. If “Hey can I give a talk at the next event?” feels too uncomfortable, try “Hey I’m really interested in giving a talk at a future event. What are you looking for?” or “I’d love to give a talk about
, what do you think?” View Highlight 2023-10-01 ^rw603838496
