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Lifescripts: What to Say to Get What You Want in Life's Toughest Situations
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Product Description
- Asking for a raise
- Confronting a backstabber
- Firing an employee
- Negotiating for more severance
- Ending a friendship
- Confronting a sexual harasser
- Debating vacations with your spouse
- Heading off potential client problems
Excerpt from Lifescript #7. Asking for a Salary Increase
Icebreaker: Id like to thank you for the opportunity you and the company have given me. I recognize that youve been very influential in my growth and advancement. However, I have a problem that I need your help with.
Pitch #1: Ive been concentrating solely on my professional growth and havent been paying attention to my stream of income
Pitch #2: I think my salary no longer reflects my contribution to the company
Pitch #3: I think my salary no longer matches my job responsibilities
Whether youre asking for a raise, confronting a backstabber, dealing with sexual harassment, Þring an employee, renegotiating a loan, discussing elder care with siblings, or asking your spouse to lose weight, scripts give you the most effective approachand the actual wordsto use.
Each of the scripts provide you with an icebreaker opener, a "pitch," and a βow–chart of rejoinders to give any response, positive or negative.
Youll also Þnd strategic pointers on attitude, timing, preparation, and behavior.
From a heart–to–heart chat with a friend to a boardroom confrontation with a CEO, scripts provide a map to navigate successfully through the most complicated and dreaded situations you may face in your career, business, and personal life.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #675960 in Books
- Published on: 1996-06-19
- Format: Illustrated
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 496 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
- Asking for a raise
- Confronting a backstabber
- Firing an employee
- Negotiating for more severance
- Ending a friendship
- Confronting a sexual harasser
- Debating vacations with your spouse
- Heading off potential client problems
Excerpt from Lifescript #7. Asking for a Salary Increase
Icebreaker: Id like to thank you for the opportunity you and the company have given me. I recognize that youve been very influential in my growth and advancement. However, I have a problem that I need your help with.
Pitch #1: Ive been concentrating solely on my professional growth and havent been paying attention to my stream of income
Pitch #2: I think my salary no longer reflects my contribution to the company
Pitch #3: I think my salary no longer matches my job responsibilities
Whether youre asking for a raise, confronting a backstabber, dealing with sexual harassment, Þring an employee, renegotiating a loan, discussing elder care with siblings, or asking your spouse to lose weight, scripts give you the most effective approachand the actual wordsto use.
Each of the scripts provide you with an icebreaker opener, a "pitch," and a βow–chart of rejoinders to give any response, positive or negative.
Youll also Þnd strategic pointers on attitude, timing, preparation, and behavior.
From a heart–to–heart chat with a friend to a boardroom confrontation with a CEO, scripts provide a map to navigate successfully through the most complicated and dreaded situations you may face in your career, business, and personal life.
About the Author
For over thirty–five years, attorney and financial consultant Stephen M. Pollan has been offering pragmatic career, financial, business, and legal advice to individuals and businesses. He was CNBC’s on–air personal finance expert for five years, is a frequent guest on The Today Show and Good Morning America, and contributes regularly to Worth, Working Woman, New York, Money, and U.S. News & World Report magazines. He and Mark Levine have co–authored many books on business and personal finance.
Customer Reviews
Lifescripts
I'm always skeptical about these kinds of books, but after being persuaded to buy one when I attended a Confidence and Credibility seminar, I was pleasantly surprised.
This book is full of scripts that you can apply in every day life from asking your boss for a pay rise, to returning food in a restaurant that you are not willing to pay for. It is good for both professionals and every day persons (like my good self) as it covers a wide range of topics. Everyone can apply it to their life.
The scripts are laid out in an easy to understand format. It states the question that you need answering, or comment that you are making, along with each of the answers that may be given to you in that particular circumstance. It's helpful that all possibilities are covered because you are never backed into a corner...there's always an arrow pointing to something else to say, and the results are always positive.
It's a great book and I highly recommend it!
