Extreme Productivity with Kevin Kruse
7 Ways To Say No To ‘Pick Your Brain’ Meeting Requests
Jun 15, 2016
Learn how to gracefully decline 'pick your brain' meeting requests with strategies to set boundaries and prioritize paid client meetings. Discover tactics to indicate busyness, propose distant future dates, employ persistence, and employ unorthodox strategies for handling such requests. Explore efficient techniques for managing meeting requests by setting clear communication guidelines and prioritizing goals for improved time management.
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Quick takeaways
- Setting clear boundaries and prioritizing tasks allows successful individuals to respectfully decline meeting requests that do not align with personal goals.
- Tactful methods for declining requests include citing ongoing deadlines, limiting availability, redirecting to other individuals, and requesting structured agendas for potential interactions.
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Warren Buffett's Insight on Saying No
Successful individuals say no to almost everything, as highlighted by Warren Buffett and reiterated by various successful entrepreneurs. When overwhelmed with requests for meetings or advice, a strategic way to decline is by setting clear boundaries. By prioritizing tasks and aligning responses with personal goals, it becomes possible to respectfully decline requests that do not directly contribute to objectives.
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