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Modern Mentor

362 GID Asking Several People an Once, Nicely

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Careers, Business, Management

4.3720 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2015

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Making limited offers and requests to several people at once can be tricky. Here's how to navigate it to first-come, first-served, without upsetting those further back in line. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1JoeaC5

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0:00.0

This is Stevea Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

0:08.9

When life is uncertain, it can be hard to know exactly how to involve other people. It's an exciting day.

0:15.0

Intern M.G. has managed to score an extra preview code for the latest massively multiplayer online game,

0:21.3

My Little Pony, the QT Mark of Power.

0:24.6

The goal is to find the QT mark of power which will let...

0:28.0

Nope. No, I am not going to give away any spoilers.

0:31.2

The code expires in just three hours, so MG needs to act fast, but who should he give it to?

0:36.5

Two of his bros, Zach and Connor, are

0:39.4

secretly bronies. He's got a conundrum. Now, all that M.G. wants to do, he really wants to offer

0:45.6

the preview code to Zach, because Zach loves Rainbow Dash so much that Zach uses her name as his

0:50.8

email password. We're not supposed to know that. This game would be life-changing

0:55.3

for him. Well, we texted Zach, but he hasn't replied. He's probably busy arranging Hell Week

1:00.8

for his frat's pledge class. So, does M.G just call Connor immediately, or does he wait,

1:07.1

possibly getting no response from Zach and then missing the opportunity to call Connor.

1:12.1

This is a tricky situation.

1:14.0

With M.G, it's Rainbow Pony's.

1:16.2

But with URI, it could be that last-minute ticket that we have to an atonal 20th century opera

1:21.0

performed entirely in Swahili.

1:22.7

Or it could be a spare Red Sox ticket, complete with a complimentary football inflation pump

1:27.0

signed by Tom Brady.

1:29.1

Our first choice friend isn't immediately available, and we don't want to risk not having time

1:33.6

to invite our second choice friend. Of course, we love all our friends equally, but we love some of

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