CHAPTER 7: POSITIONING FOR YES

 导读问题 

【1】What would you think if someone gives you ¥ 5 or wants to take a photo with you in the street?

Emmmm....Maybe I will take it and accept to take photos with them. Why not? Also, I could give the ￥ 5 to the others and ask for someone else to take a joint picture. Unless I am in a low mood then.

【2】What did the "hairdresser incident" teach the author?

The “hairdresser incident” taught him some important lessons (not least of which, obviously, is to never underestimate the pride that a hairdresser takes in her job). But the real lesson was this: he didn’t really know the hairdresser’s interest and needs. Instead, He’d made some guesses in the moment that proved wildly incorrect. The manufactured reason had missed the mark by a mile. 

So he should propos something that actually do her a favor instead of asking to fulfill his own desire for a crazy request.

【3】What was the most important lessons he learned through 100 Days of Rejection? And in which event?

Target the right audience.

Had he picked a professor from the school of nursing, he might have gotten a swift rejection. In other words, targeting is everything.

GIVING ACOLLEGE LECTURE.

 句中记词 

1）

a city always bustling with people

bustle: move hurriedly in a particular direction——匆忙地走

匆匆人流，大城市的特质，流动的也都是智慧和财富啊。

Roads bustling with cars prove efficiency.

2）

Many times, the person taking the photowould politely ask strangers to step out of the frame or simply wait until they’d passed by.

这种情景常见吧，当别人挡住我们照相的镜头时，也可以这样子说。

Please step into of our frame, sir. We are taking pictures. You included.

3）

outgoing, quirky residents

quirk 是古怪举动，偶发事件

quirky 是离奇的，突兀的

Such a quirky event.

4）

I’d be sternlyc rejected

strick = stern 

strickly = sternly 

严厉的

No one has even sternly refued me once.

5）

one glaring difference 

一个耀眼之处，glare是直盯着的意思。

His hat is glaring.

6）

When I gave people a reason for my request, however far-fetched, I was far morelikely to get a yes

far 远，fetch 请来, 从很远处请来

牵强的，不大可能的，不合情理的

His story is far-fetched.

7）

The reasons she gave originated from her desire and needs, however ludicrous or reasonable

so foolish, unreasonable as to be amusing

滑稽有趣的

His ludicrous requirement pique our angry.

8）

My idea was to stroll into a local hair salon and ask the hairdresser whether shemight like me to cut her hair, as a way to break up the monotony of her day.

闲逛溜达

闲逛者 stroller

After supper, we strolled around the villiage.

monotony  千篇一律

9)

“What do you mean I must be bored? I love my job!” she retorted.

反驳，回嘴

You know nothing about us! I retored.

10)

The customer whose hair she was cuttingsensed the hairdresser’s unhappiness and gallantly jumped to her defense.

英勇的

gallantry 尤指战争中的英勇行为

Be gallant, is not about go out and fight. It is to live, peacefully.

11)

That conversation then gave me theopportunity to assure him that allowing me to be a greeter would not undermine him

figurative <喻> damage or weaken, especially gradually

逐渐消弱

Nothing could undermine me in fact.

12)

preemptively acknowledging another person’s doubts can be very hard to do in the heat of the moment

这句话说的极是，身外之事道理清得很，一旦身处其中，什么都难以做到。

抢先地，先发制人地

Preemptively occupying the seats.

13)

the national advertising campaign that followed didn’t tout the newness,freshness, and awesomeness

attempt to sell  兜售

His words didn't tout any of the products.

14)

boring, bland, and forgettable

枯燥无味的

tame, not exciting

Sometimes I find it bland.

15)

France had lost the Franco-Prussian War andwas forced to relinquish territory to its enemy

give up  放弃，自愿交出

Never to relinquish one piece of the territory.

16)

Professor Rollins engulfed me in a hug

 吞没，淹没

这里当然取引申义啦~

In this new year, engulf your familly members in lovely hugs.

 三个故事 

01

去咖啡厅当一个小时的欢迎员，就是进来一位客人，你都笑脸相迎，变着法地说欢迎语。没有工资，自己去尝试说服 咖啡店主。

02

去大学里给教授代讲一节课，自己准备幻灯片和讲义，内容生动地能够上得了台面，最好能使教授和学生们都印象深刻，自己被感动得当场落泪，事后大家温暖相拥离场。

03

去理发时，问问理发师能不能给他/她剪下头发，理由：帮TA换种方式度过美好的一天。

第三个你可能会被骂，第二个需要多请求几次，第一个别人会把你当垃圾桶对待。

这些你回去做么？不会，那么为什么？

难度很高？无所谓？没必要？有成本？

作者为了他的一百天被拒计划，体验了各式拒绝，发现了让对方从拒绝转变为接受的奥妙。其实并不稀奇，给出你的原因，承认需求，选择适合的对象...........

But in the heart of the moment, it is hard to think any one of these.

这就需要多尝试了，读一遍书写点笔记并不能改变什么。

你需要的是行动。