Spiritedbookishbabe

“Simplicity Stands as Technology Advances.”
― San Mateo

“Drawing upon my days as a litigation attorney, I told Anna that cases and confrontational situations are “won on facts”: “Stick to the facts. Lay out the facts with suggested solutions in plain and simple terms and in a calm voice, which would win over some board members and, in time, your CEO and COO.”
― Laura Fredricks, Hard Asks Made Easy: How to Get Exactly What You Want

“Remember, your tone is your superpower. It can invite people to hear more and say yes to your ask, or it can turn them off, and your ask will fizzle away.”
― Laura Fredricks, Hard Asks Made Easy: How to Get Exactly What You Want

“I enjoyed your intimate letter from the Dolomites. It gave me a great deal of pain – which is I've no doubt the first stage of intimacy – no friends, no heart, only an indifferent head. Never mind: I enjoyed your abuse very much [...]
But I will not go on else I should write you a really intimate letter, and then you would dislike me, more, even more, than you do.”
― Virginia Woolf