Comments on: Ask Meryl ~ Just an excuse http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2008/05/19/ask-meryl-just-an-excuse/ By Meryl Runion and SpeakStrong, Inc. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:38:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: merylrunion http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2008/05/19/ask-meryl-just-an-excuse/#comment-93543 merylrunion Fri, 23 May 2008 15:06:30 +0000 http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2008/05/19/ask-meryl-just-an-excuse/#comment-93543 GREAT post, Laura! Thanks! GREAT post, Laura! Thanks!

]]> By: Laura http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2008/05/19/ask-meryl-just-an-excuse/#comment-92532 Laura Thu, 22 May 2008 14:28:46 +0000 http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2008/05/19/ask-meryl-just-an-excuse/#comment-92532 I find that sating people who continually use that as a comeback is virtually impossible - almost invariably because it's <strong>their</strong> issue. Nothing you can say is going to make them happy, because they're not really looking for an answer. The one question I generally ask after someone misinterprets my answer to their question through their own filter is, "What would you have preferred that I say? You seem to have been looking for a different/particular answer." I find that sating people who continually use that as a comeback is virtually impossible - almost invariably because it’s their issue. Nothing you can say is going to make them happy, because they’re not really looking for an answer.

The one question I generally ask after someone misinterprets my answer to their question through their own filter is, “What would you have preferred that I say? You seem to have been looking for a different/particular answer.”

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