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>Also, don't do obvious telegraphs like "I have the following days opening" which essentially any person who takes meetings knows actually means "I am always av
by lsc 13y ago
>Also, don't do obvious telegraphs like "I have the following days opening" which essentially any person who takes meetings knows actually means "I am always available".
Hang on... explain this, please, in small words. So I'm supposed to pretend I work on a schedule, and that schedule is super full, I get that.
But, wouldn't saying 'i have the following days available' mean that I'm working on a schedule and it's not wide open? What are you supposed to say? "I'm really busy so just call me sometime and I'll see if I can fit you in?"
'cause that's what I do most of the time, not because I'm trying to fool people into giving me money, but because I'm... deficient when it comes to scheduling. Let me tell you, outside of trying to get people to give you money, it works less well than you might guess, and you might guess that it works pretty poorly.
- chacham15 13y agoI think that the ideas is that by giving him an option of multiple times suggests that there are multiple times. If you instead say "I have some time tomorrow to discuss this" it sets a deadline as the grandparent suggested.
- w1ntermute 13y agoAnd this doesn't create a back and forth dialogue to find a time that works for both parties?
- larrys 13y agoYeah exactly. It's a nuance thing. Hard to give a one size fits all for this. But by saying "I have some time open on X" you force the other person to say "that's no good how about y" at which point, assuming your schedule is open, you can say "sure" or simply ask the person what other time is good for them (avoiding sounding like anytime is good for you).