"Try" is a funny word. It can mean an attempt to do something where the effort is genuine but the outcome is uncertain - running a certain distance in a certain time.
Try also means an insincere commitment - as in I'll try to make it or I'll try to get it done.
It's this second meaning that really bothers me. This is a very weak word choice, and whenever someone tells me that they'll try to attend something, try to get something done, try to make a phone call, or anything else where I sense a lack of real commitment, I take the word "try" as really meaning "won't."
In my podcast message today, "TRY," I discuss how people try to be polite and often tell us that they will "try" to do something that we ask of them when they really have no intention of doing it.
In polite society "try" sounds better than "no."
For more information about my consulting, teaching, and coaching services visit my website at stevehoffacker.com. I also maintain a blog (Sales Quips) on the real estate network Active Rain, and you can begin participating in this great forum by visiting here. I also write and maintain blogs for Gold Coast SMC and Florida SMC.
© 2009, Steve Hoffacker. All Rights Reserved.
Try also means an insincere commitment - as in I'll try to make it or I'll try to get it done.
It's this second meaning that really bothers me. This is a very weak word choice, and whenever someone tells me that they'll try to attend something, try to get something done, try to make a phone call, or anything else where I sense a lack of real commitment, I take the word "try" as really meaning "won't."
In my podcast message today, "TRY," I discuss how people try to be polite and often tell us that they will "try" to do something that we ask of them when they really have no intention of doing it.
In polite society "try" sounds better than "no."
For more information about my consulting, teaching, and coaching services visit my website at stevehoffacker.com. I also maintain a blog (Sales Quips) on the real estate network Active Rain, and you can begin participating in this great forum by visiting here. I also write and maintain blogs for Gold Coast SMC and Florida SMC.
© 2009, Steve Hoffacker. All Rights Reserved.
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