Should you not answer too early? - should you have the last word?
This campaign tip (no. 19) was published on Saturday, 19th January 2019
An incoming message ... and a temptation to answer right way. But perhaps best to leave it until close to a deadline so you get the last word?
I confess - I feel unhappy when someone sees fit to do this to me. And very much maniplulated when someone repeatedly does it. If you're answering someone in consultation with colleagues and it takes a time, that's fare enough. If you're awaiting the latest data towards the tail of a consultation , that's also fare enough. But if you receive something, wait until a deadline is close, then answer with a tone of "you'll have to accept this because there's no time for otherwise", you might have your position accepted - but you might have lost so much trust... Image - stop and think - in now the right time - before you answer
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I confess - I feel unhappy when someone sees fit to do this to me. And very much maniplulated when someone repeatedly does it. If you're answering someone in consultation with colleagues and it takes a time, that's fare enough. If you're awaiting the latest data towards the tail of a consultation , that's also fare enough. But if you receive something, wait until a deadline is close, then answer with a tone of "you'll have to accept this because there's no time for otherwise", you might have your position accepted - but you might have lost so much trust... Image - stop and think - in now the right time - before you answer
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