A Little Epiphany - (and a newbie delurking)

[Dia]

As per discussion with DBC, I called H to discuss the interviews this week. I was light, casual, happy and acted-as-if. He was groggy but equally casual and positive. The invitation is still open for me to stay there, and we joked and bantered about a few things before the end of the call.

It was a positive interaction, which is nice since the last one was a bit of a train wreck.

The reason for a call instead of an email is that a call leaves nothing up to interpretation regarding my tone. If H was still in a negative frame of mind, an email could have come across as sulky or passive aggressive even if that's not how it was written. Voice contact would avoid that, plus give the greatest opportunity for positive synergy.

And it worked.