2025/05/10 Not taking no for an answer is admirable. Even the person issuing the negative response cant help but admire someones tenacity to reach a yes or at least achieve a better result. Yet, trying to force a yes from someone who believes their negative response to be appropriate can be an exercise in futility. Where youve encountered a no, it is possible to move toward a maybe. By being a bit more flexible or willing to compromise, then can eventually become a yes.