Stephen Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today's topic is quickly repairing relationships so that you can get on with business.

The quick and dirty tip is to take the blame and make amends.

I won!

Yes, three years ago, I won a raffle. Yay! I'm a winner. I matter.

Ah, this was my first raffle win ever. That time in elementary school doesn't count. That prize was

getting to do the big kids math homework for a week. My therapist assures me it wasn't a real raffle,

but I'm just not ready to confront the truth. In this raffle, the prize was better. A free

1,000 CD production run from a CD company. Awesome! A ticket to the fast-paced world of

information products. Unfortunately, no good product ideas came to mind, but 18 months later,

inspiration struck, I called. Oh, they said, that raffle expired after a year. You'll have to pay

full price. What? They never said the prize expired, and they still want my business? Mommy,

said to treat people with respect.

Not right now, I replied, let me think about it. While thinking, I published an article about it in my

newsletter. I knew they read my newsletter. This would let him know how upset I was. That was a year ago.

Yesterday, he emailed, asking if I needed CDs made.

This time I was clear.

You promised?

You reneged.

We won't be doing business ever.

His response, I'm sorry you feel that way.

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