I am pleased that you are pleased
Thanks for the precision. I was writing a whole feed-back on him being an equal. When I realised, he's not an equal, to me he's more like a superior (he tasks you, you don't task him). Therefore your communication was perfect (in the sense I would add nor remove nothing) in the way you reported to him.
If this was an equal (like another lawyer), it would have been like you're reporting to him, so I would have had another opinion on this.
Quote from Lucio Buffalmano on June 28, 2022, 10:23 amPersonally, I find it too gimmicky.
And yes, it feels a bit like a (not so bad, yellow-level) attempt at switching the power tables and becoming "the judge".
I'd simply say:
Thank you so much, I'm happy to read that.
And potentially add:
More of that coming 😉
Curious to read what others think.
Coming back to this again, as I realize after reading this thread I started using
It’s a pleasure
and
I’m really glad
When receiving thanks or emotional openings.
I think it’s having a bad effect, as Lucio says above, of subcommunicating I want to be the “judge”, and this explains some responses I started getting.
So another thing to probably scratch out of my behavior.
Best to just say “thank you” and “I’m happy” as Lucio suggests.
And, if I used the “it’s a pleasure” phrase badly with anyone here, it was unintended.
Today I saw a Linkedin post by one of the most famous and renowned attorneys in my country, writing
I thank so much the Government and the Ministry of ... for appointing me in [international court].
This to me was final confirmation that the principle behind this thread here is one of the most powerful social-connection principles of all.