36. Saying No to Urgency
November 10, 2020
Sometimes our clients come to us with urgent situations - often upsetting - that they want to spend the session on. It's easy to get sucked into these requests, but it's almost always a mistake. In this episode, Howard explains why urgent issues are usually a dead end, and how to counter the request in a respectful and genuinely valuable way.
Sometimes our clients come to us with urgent situations - often upsetting - that they want to spend the session on. It's easy to get sucked into these requests, but it's almost always a mistake. In this episode, Howard explains why urgent issues are usually a dead end, and how to counter the request in a respectful and genuinely valuable way
The quote from Danny Kahneman comes from his 2011 book, Thinking, Fast and Slow: "Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it."
The quote from Danny Kahneman comes from his 2011 book, Thinking, Fast and Slow: "Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it."
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