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Great read, Raviraj! powerful tips and great supporting visuals! I really like the focus on the core message first and how smooth you avoid asking unnecessary questions by paraphrasing.

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I loved the examples, especially the ‘reframing the question’ ones. Too often when asked ‘Didn’t you do X??’ I succumb to the temptation to just answer ‘No’ because I’m annoyed. This doesn’t do any good for the long term 😅

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Yea I have those temptations too! But found my way out of it.

Though one of the best compliments I got after a frustrating meeting was - I didn’t look annoyed at all!

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That’s a great compliment 😂

The best I’ve got is “you’ve managed to be nice!” 🙃

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Haha! I am trying to imagine how the meeting went.

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I just hate stupid questions, and even more when people don’t pay attention and the ask stupid question…

In that meeting, I was very patient, and explained the “No” 3 times, while it was clear to everyone I want to kill the PM 😅

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Mar 7Liked by Raviraj Achar

Thanks for writing on this topic!

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