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Don't come across as "Needy" and lower your status frame

13 Sept 2023 · 0 min

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Short advice from a YouTube video by Eric Deeran about avoiding appearing 'needy' in outreach. The speaker recommends preserving equal status when contacting others by using casual, time-constrained language (e.g., 'I was in between meetings — just had a second to touch base') and avoiding phrasing like 'I'm just following up' which signals lower status. The clip emphasizes specific example phrases to reframe follow-ups as neutral and non-needy.

You want to come across as. Like, you have at least the same status level as them. Because when you come across as needy, you start to drop that status level below them. So anytime you're reaching out, you just want to be. Hey, you know, I was busy. I just was in between meetings here. Just had a second to touch base. Something like that. So you're not like, hey, I'm just following up with you. Like, don't ever say that. It's horrible.