>People who are experts at imposing on other people's time will latch on to any crack you leave open. Don't give reasons. You might think "I'm sorry, but I don'

>People who are experts at imposing on other people's time will latch on to any crack you leave open. Don't give reasons. You might think "I'm sorry, but I don't have time to get involved in that" is clear, but they will counter with "it won't take much time at all." Just say "no, thank you, but I must decline" or something that doesn't leave any room for further discussion. It's not an expert thing at all. It's a standard sales technique. 1. Make your pitch; 2. Go for the close; 3. Deal with any concerns/objections; 4. Go back to step 2. When I was still just a kid (~18), I took a B2B sales job and that was one of the primary strategies they pushed for closing deals.