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No buts about it
Yes, but . . . .
If you want to improve your likeability score with everyone around you, just stop using the word "but."
When someone comes to you with a question or an idea, do you hear yourself saying:
- Yes, but if we do that . . ..
- Yes, but the reason we don't . . ..
- Yes, but it would take . . ..
- Yes, but have you thought of . . ..
Yuck. What a turnoff.
Rumor has it that at the Sarah Lee company the bigwigs go around wearing buttons with a big slash through the word "but." Can't use that word there. (Source: "The Big Moo," edited by Seth Gordon.)
Yes, but it's a hard habit to break.
Yes, and it's a good idea.
Ross Runkel, Post Office Box 1031, Salem, Oregon
97308-1031.
Phone 503-399-8028. Fax 503-566-8844. email Ross@LawMemo.Com
