Part 2: Be the Kind of Person People Want to Say Yes To
Most of the things we want in life require other people’s cooperation. Whether you want your partner to lend support, your dad to get off your back, or your boss to give you a career boost of some kind, achieving your goals, dreams, and ambitions needs someone else to say yes.
And this is where some people have a built-in advantage. People just want to say yes to them. There’s something about the way they come across that inspires warmth and friendly support. What a skill to have! And it is a skill—not an innate talent you either have or you don’t, but a skill that anyone can learn.
The guidelines that follow tell you the strategies I have observed over the years that help people to get ...
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