The following is an excerpt of one of David’s coaching sessions in Top Coaching Techniques.

David: Now, here’s the fourth one to do either this week or next week. It might be in your conversation you have with him or it might be in how you finish the conversation.

Client: Yes.

David: You’ve written a bunch of requests that you’d love to make. By the way, you can’t make the request that he says yes to everything you ask. That’s not making a request. That’s a request that he not be a human being.

Client: Yes.

David: Just saying that little technical point. These requests here – would you come to Walderton with me and look at houses? Would you help me with dinner and shopping if I go out doing yoga? These are great requests. What I suggest for you is that you pick one.

Client: Okay.

David: You choose one and you let him know how important it is. You let him know how much you love it, and if need be, you can even find out what it would take to make it fun enough for him.