I want to tackle a thing that we all come in contact with on a regular basis. My clients tell me it's one of the most unsettling things that can happen in a meeting with a decisionmaker.

And that's when they throw you some kind of curve ball. Maybe it's a question. Maybe it's a totally out there statement and you don't know what to do with it. It's happened to all of us probably more than once. So you know what I'm talking about. 

When that happens, you're caught a little bit flat-footed. You're like, well, what does that mean? Where did that come from? Why did they think that? Why did they ask that? What's going on? Oh no, I've got one chance to get this right. If I fumble around, that'll look really bad. And all this stuff is whirring through our brain as we're trying to figure out what's the best way to respond to this.

It can definitely be unsettling, no question. But it doesn't have to be – if you're prepared with a set of core strategies that will work no matter what they say to you. 

In this episode, we share:

• The powerful reframe that will change your relationship with curve balls forever
• How curve ball questions (and statements) are likely to show up in both conversations with decisionmakers and live media interviews 
• The four root causes of curveball questions and statements
• What to do first when you get a curve ball 
• How to handle the rare (but dreaded) “gotcha” question
• The four most common mistakes we make when responding to curve balls – and what to do instead

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