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Out-positive / Encouragement url

To a fellow worker who was scolded for being late too often

  1. Between you and me, I think you got off pretty easy this time.
  2. You put up a good front.
  3. You and I know that you can do better than that.
  4. That’s to be expected.
  5. I’d say you got off easy.
  6. It’s not earth shattering.
  7. What did you expect?
  8. You need to stand up for yourself.
  9. It happens to the best of us.
  10. You and I know that you can do better than that.

To a fellow worker who was scolded for being late too often

Out-positive / Encouragement
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who is depressed

  1. I never promised you a rose garden.
  2. You’re putting up a brave front.
  3. It can’t be as bad as all that.
  4. You have to look at the bright side.
  5. Don’t be too hard on yourself.
  6. Alright, get it out of your system.
  7. I know how you feel.
  8. It’s a step in the right direction.
  9. I think you can figure this out for yourself.
  10. With a bit of luck and hard work it will all work out fine in the end.
  11. You have to look yourself in the eye and ask yourself plain and simple, with all your abilities, what’s holding you back from fulfilling more of your potential?
  12. It looks worse than it really is.
  13. Don’t you worry, you will be fine.
  14. Do the best you can.
  15. What’s eating you?
  16. You have your whole life ahead of you.

For a friend who is depressed

Out-positive / Encouragement
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Out-positive / Friendship url

Saying it’s no trouble

  1. It’s no trouble at all.
  2. I would have done the same thing for you.
  3. It’s no bother, it’s not out of my way, I’m going in that direction anyway.
  4. Don’t mention it.
  5. It’s the least that I could do.
  6. The pleasure’s all mine.
  7. Believe me, it comes from the heart.
  8. I’m happy I could help.
  9. You are most welcome.
  10. I’ll leave that up to you.

Saying it’s no trouble

Out-positive / Friendship
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Out-positive / Concern url

To a friend who is very depressed

  1. Don’t go bonkers on me.
  2. What’s wrong now?
  3. What’s on your mind?
  4. I hate seeing you like this.
  5. You look like you’re carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.
  6. What are you so edgy about?
  7. Has the cat got your tongue?
  8. It’s good for you to get out once in a while.
  9. It seems as if you don’t know whether you’re coming or going.
  10. I’ll do anything I can.
  11. How can I ease your burden?
  12. I won’t be judgmental.
  13. I'm on your side.
  14. What’s come over you?
  15. Perhaps there are some things that I can take off your hands.
  16. Take things one day at a time.
  17. There’s light at the end of the tunnel.
  18. Take each day as it comes.
  19. Always know that I’m here for you.
  20. Sometimes it’s darkest just before the dawn.
  21. Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.
  22. Pull yourself together.
  23. Hold on tight, it will be alright.

To a friend who is very depressed

Out-positive / Concern
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In-negative / Explaining url

Coming late for an appointment

  1. I just plum forgot.
  2. It slipped my mind.
  3. Forgive me, I just didn’t remember.
  4. I didn’t do it on purpose.
  5. I hope you understand.
  6. Please don’t take it personally.
  7. I knew I forgot something.
  8. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends.
  9. I’ve been crazy busy lately.
  10. I have a lot on my plate.
  11. The time just slipped through my fingers.
  12. I just have no sense of time.

Coming late for an appointment

In-negative / Explaining
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Conserve your resources

  1. A little bit goes a long way.
  2. Don’t wear yourself out.
  3. Get your act together.
  4. Keep your head above water.
  5. Make the best of what you have.
  6. Waste not want not.
  7. Take it easy.
  8. Don’t bite off more that you can chew.
  9. Do it yourself.
  10. Just go about your business.
  11. Conserve your strength.
  12. Ease your way into it.

Conserve your resources

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

To a friend, both of you considering starting a business together

  1. This is a golden opportunity to make the most of the situation for the long haul.
  2. Success is sometimes a long drawn-out process.
  3. Let’s take one step at a time, and climb one mountain at a time.
  4. As they say, it’s not the mountain in front of us that makes us hesitate, but the pebble in our shoe.
  5. At any rate it’s worth a try.
  6. Now we’re cooking with gas.
  7. The rest is up to us.
  8. There’s no harm in trying.
  9. Let’s put our mind to it, and there’s nothing we can’t do.
  10. I think we’re onto something.
  11. This work is tailored to our needs and abilities.
  12. It will happen before you know it.

To a friend, both of you considering starting a business together

Out-positive / Encouragement
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In-positive / Confidence url

Predicting that the stock market with go up

  1. I’d put my money on it.
  2. I just know it.
  3. I’m as sure as I can be.
  4. It’s going to happen sooner than you think.
  5. As far as I’m concerned, it’s true beyond a shadow of a doubt.
  6. That’s the way I see it.
  7. You can be sure of it.
  8. You better believe it.
  9. You can be sure of that.
  10. You mark my words.
  11. There’s no doubt about it.
  12. I’d lay odds on it.
  13. You bet your life.
  14. Believe you me!
  15. I know what I’m talking about.
  16. You can bank on it.

Predicting that the stock market with go up

In-positive / Confidence
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

I don’t understand your point

  1. That doesn’t make any sense to me.
  2. That has nothing to do with it.
  3. I don’t know what you’re talking about.
  4. Where are you coming from?
  5. You’d have to be a fool to think that.
  6. Anyone with half a brain knows that.
  7. That’s a little hard to swallow.
  8. That's neither here nor there.
  9. You’re being simple minded.
  10. I’m not convinced.
  11. What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
  12. That’s out of the question.
  13. We don't see eye to eye.
  14. Do expect me to take that seriously.

I don’t understand your point

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Losing an election

  1. I guess I had it coming to me.
  2. It’s just wasn’t in the cards.
  3. You win some, you loose some.
  4. I guess I’ll just have to learn to live with it.
  5. I think I got the picture.
  6. That’s about the size of it.
  7. He was bound and determined to do it.
  8. He won, hands down.
  9. He’s a better man than I am.
  10. It’s was a forgone conclusion.
  11. The show’s over.
  12. That’s just the way it is.
  13. It was a missed opportunity.
  14. I had a feeling that would happen.

Losing an election

In-neutral / Acceptance
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Admitting a mistake

  1. It may not be a pretty picture, but at least now it’s all out in the open.
  2. Everyone’s gotta do what they gotta do.
  3. What other options do I have?
  4. We have no choice.
  5. I decided to stand up like a man and admit it.
  6. Nobody’s perfect.
  7. Take it from me, it couldn’t be helped.
  8. One good deed leads to another.
  9. It’s better that way.

Admitting a mistake

In-neutral / Acceptance
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Control yourself

  1. Don’t let it get out of hand.
  2. Don’t let it go to your head.
  3. Don’t take it so personally.
  4. Don’t take the law into your own hands.
  5. Just try to remember that mum’s the word, and try your best to not let it slip out when you are caught off guard.
  6. Keep a hold on the situation.
  7. Don’t boast about it.
  8. Get a grip on yourself.
  9. Don’t resort to violence.
  10. I think one of the problems is that you’ve been bouncing from one extreme to another.
  11. Don’t air your dirty laundry out in public.
  12. You’ve got to snap out of it.
  13. Now get serious, and stop horsing around.
  14. You have to quit cold turkey.
  15. Get a hold of yourself.
  16. Why take a chance?

Control yourself

Out-neutral / Advice