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It's Q&A Tuesday.

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Today's question comes from E. dot and she writes.

Hello Marie, I hope this message finds you well. My question is, how do I effectively get my

point across to others and have it taken seriously? It seems as though I'm speaking Greek or something.

I send emails, I speak up in meetings, and I'm ignored. My intention is to provide solutions

to problems with innovative ideas in order to reach and or exceed goals.

This is not just in my work life, but also in my personal life.

It's frustrating that I can't get through to those I care about.

I would love to hear your perspective, sincerely,

E. Great question E. So let's start off by recognizing that there's two categories here, things

you can control and things you can't. In the camp of things you can't you have to recognize that no matter how

brilliant your ideas are there's always going to be some people who just have no interest

in hearing about them. This is true for both in your work life and in your personal

life. So it doesn't matter how great your ideas are or how wonderful of a communicator

you are. You cannot make someone listen to your ideas if they're just not interested.

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