What does it cost to be really good at getting people to say yes?

You can close almost anything, and now you are asking a deeper question than any deal: what has this skill done to you. That question is a sign of health, not doubt. People who never ask it are the ones who lose themselves in the yes. The cost of being this persuasive is that it can quietly bleed into everywhere, until every conversation becomes something to win and you forget how to simply be with people without steering them. The skill is not the problem. Letting it run unwatched, in places that call for honesty over influence, is. Draw a line you can feel: where you close, and where you set the technique down and just tell the truth. With the people you love, choose plainness over persuasion this week, on purpose. A gift this strong stays a gift only when you decide where it does not belong.