Chapter 30Stay Objective in Your Interviews Whether You Are Getting Good or Bad News
“Yes, it was interesting, Owen.”
“Well, we’ll see, Owen.”
“That’s an assumption, Owen.”
Sam was deflecting Owen’s rapid-fire questions and couldn’t help but think how funny it all was. She had to basically interrogate Owen into remembering the bike share thing, and once she did, she literally had to drag him to meet with Shawn.
And now look at him. She had to practically pry Owen away from the conversation with Shawn so that he wouldn’t miss any more poker, and now, in the taxi, his mind seemed to be going a million miles an hour—with none of his thoughts focusing on poker. After a moment, Sam shrugged. Falling in love with an idea is like falling in love with a person—you can’t just talk someone out of it. You have to let them see the light themselves, and it was clear that Owen was already getting ahead of himself now that bike share programs around the country might be a possibility. But she had to let him enjoy it a little. It’s not often that someone gets a taste of a possible migraine problem worth solving.
Possible being the operative word. Possible migraine problem.
“So this is definitely a problem worth solving, right, Sam? You agree this is in the migraine category?”
“It might be, Owen.”
“What do you mean might? You’re being too negative.”
“I’m not being anything besides rational. You just had one conversation. That’s it. One. That’s like playing one hand of poker and getting pocket ...
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