A single simple tool

I had a conversation last week with a fella who owns a referral business. He'd get me additional work and he would take a cut.

Right beforehand, a sista said to me, "Men just say yes and no. They don't mess around considering all shades of maybe, just yes or no.

Whether that's true or not, I have no idea but this is how that nugget played out in our conversation.

He asked what kind of communication training I do. I told him.

He asked my fees. I told him.

For the next ten minutes his sentences opened with, "You'd have to understand..., You'd need to be flexible.... You have to see our side of this...," etc.

I said, No. I don't.

I don't have to understand. I don't have to be flexible. I don't have to see. You need to understand I am not that hungry. You need to see I've worked my way to be where I am today, and you'd have to ask a price that makes it worth my while for you to get your cut.

Let me know if that works for you.

Hard sell and manipulation are passe, brother. If you want to work with me, look for power with me not power over me.