When coordinating efforts with others, remember that what’s important to you, may not be to them. You need to make yourself a priority.
You’re surprised to find there’s more to a colleague than people assume. Though not ready to champion this person, your interest is piqued.
Play hard to get. You’ll find people appreciate you more when they don’t think you’re that easy.
There’s a fine line between affirmative and aggressive. People are willing to help you get what you want, but they won’t take kindly to arm-twisting.
Things have changed and you need to reassess. Clearly you can’t move ahead as planned, but something passed over before could come in handy.
There’s no shame in changing your mind. You have every right to take something off the table if you want to, but do it sooner rather than later.
