In response to "Planned Responses"

“John, thank you so much for this incredibly useful piece of guidance. I have been using this strategy and suggesting it to others for a while, but just in daily life. There are many times when I’m heading into situations where I’m nervous, inexperienced, or even terrified of abuse based on past experience. I’ve even gone so far as to have sentence stems or phrases written down in my notebook when I go into a meeting so that I’m ready.

My husband has often said that I say yes far too easily. I agree to do things before really thinking it through and I’ve been burned. He has coached me to say ‘I’ll look into that and I’ll get back to you’ ‘I’ll give that some thought’ or something like that to kick it down the road and then discuss it with him. Some of the hardest things to manage for me are surprising/incomprehensible director’s directions in auditions or in work.”

— Anonymous

(In response to “Planned Responses”)