Reaching out again after last time went badly takes courage. People change, and sometimes timing was the problem.
RESILIENCE
WHAT THIS MEANS
A bad ending gets stored as a verdict on the whole relationship, when often it was a verdict on one particular week. People arrive at conversations carrying things you never saw. What failed may have been the moment rather than the bond.
If someone has been on your mind, send something short and low pressure, with no reference to keeping score. Offer an opening and let them decide what to do with it. Silence back is an answer you can live with; not asking tends to sit longer.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Who deserves a second try at hearing from you?
MORE IN COURAGE & RISK
- Standing firm while a whole crowd disagrees with you is scary. Checking you’re right first makes it easier.
- Bravery rarely feels heroic. Usually it feels like shaky hands and a dry mouth and doing it anyway.
- Walking back into the room after you embarrassed yourself is the hardest door you’ll open all week. Open it.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.