December 14, 2006The Offer Is Open. I Won’t Argue If You Choose Not to Accept

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Linda offered much needed help to her coworker, who responded with lame objections and flimsy reasons of why she had to do it alone. Linda felt set-up to listen to complaints and to attempt to talk her coworker into accepting her help. She chose not to go down that road, responding instead by saying,

  • The offer is open. I won’t argue if you choose not to accept.

The coworker did not accept her help the first time she used this phrase, but after a few offers, she did.

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