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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is to invite a yes, not a no. While

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Speaker 1: this might seem like a small thing, phrasing your questions

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Speaker 1: so that people who agree with you can answer yes

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Speaker 1: makes for clearer conversations. It creates a tone of positivity too.

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Speaker 1: People often ask each other do you mind if would

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Speaker 1: it be too much trouble if I We generally assume

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Speaker 1: that phrasing questions this way is more polite than asking

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Speaker 1: in different ways. But the problem is that if you

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Speaker 1: ask questions this way, if someone agrees with you, the

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Speaker 1: correct response as actually no, as in no, I do

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Speaker 1: not mind if you turn down the heat, or no

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Speaker 1: it would not be too much trouble for me to

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Speaker 1: keep your kid at my house for an extra fifteen

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Speaker 1: minutes since you got stuck in traffic. As you can imagine,

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Speaker 1: when a no answer is affirmative, this is confusing. People

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Speaker 1: might say yes naturally to indicate they agree, and then

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Speaker 1: you have to figure out what they meant, as in

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Speaker 1: yes they mind or yes it's okay. When people are

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Speaker 1: thinking about this problem, they often answer sure, that's fine

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Speaker 1: to indicate their affirmation, but all of that is extra

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Speaker 1: mental work. It is clearer to phrase your question so

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Speaker 1: that an answer of yes affirms that your plan is

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Speaker 1: indeed okay, all right with you? If I turned down

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Speaker 1: the heat, an answer of yes or sure means that

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Speaker 1: your companion is fine with your chaining the thermostat. Inviting

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Speaker 1: a guess is mentally easier, but it also avoids needlessly

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Speaker 1: introducing the negative. It feels better to say and hear yes.

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Speaker 1: That is true and general in life. So why not

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Speaker 1: rephrase your questions so that the answer indicating agreement with

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Speaker 1: your plan is positively phrased? All right? If I open

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Speaker 1: the sun roof, could I look over your shoulder to

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Speaker 1: see the agenda? Does it work for you? If I

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Speaker 1: hop in the shower, now okay with you? If we

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Speaker 1: eat dinner outside, If what you have proposed is all right,

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Speaker 1: your companion can say yes or sure or some other

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Speaker 1: positive response, and all is good. You just need to

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Speaker 1: be attuned to the answer you are eliciting. It's a

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Speaker 1: little thing, sure, but it does make life a little

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Speaker 1: bit better in the meantime. This is Laura, Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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