One page, written the night before, with the sentence you will say.
Your idea was presented as theirs.
The credit went elsewhere in front of people who matter.
“That was the thing I sent you on Tuesday. Would it be a problem to say so?”
“I haven’t finished. I’d like one more minute, and then I’ll listen to you.”
It keeps your turn without accusing anyone of taking it.
“Which part landed badly? I’ll say that part differently.”
Asking which part turns a vague label into something you can fix.
“I can tell you what I think now. I’d rather confirm it tomorrow.”
It buys you a night to think without looking unsure.
You do not have to prepare for everything. You need the words for the moment that keeps going wrong, and a page for the meeting that matters.
Being talked over, being asked to take on more, being told you are too direct: the lines are sorted by what is happening to you, so you find yours in a minute.
Every line comes soft, neutral and firm, so you can match the person and the room.
When a meeting really matters, answer a few questions and you have one page: what you want, what they are likely to say, and what you will say back. It fits on one page, so a glance is enough.
A calendar invite: a team meeting on Tuesday at 10:00, in Room 4B. You start to speak, “I think we could…”, and a colleague talks over you: “So what we really need to do here is…”
The meeting ends. At 18:40, on the drive home, the words you needed arrive: “I haven’t finished. I’d like one more minute, and then I’ll listen to you.”
What to Say at Work: the line to say when someone at work pushes back.
The moment is “Someone talks over you.” Soft: “Sorry, can I just finish this point? It’ll take a minute.” Neutral: “I haven’t finished. I’d like one more minute, and then I’ll listen to you.” Firm: “I’d like to finish my point, please. Then I’ll hand straight back to you.”
The page you take in holds your position, what they will say, and what you say back.
Thursday at 10:00, the same meeting in the same room. He starts again and stops, and this time you say it: “I haven’t finished. I’d like one more minute, and then I’ll listen to you.”
The art of the reply. whattosay.work
Six short questions help you work out what you want and what they are likely to say first. It takes about fifteen minutes, and you finish with the sentence you open with and your answer when they push back.
“What will they say to that?”
Once it is written down, their first pushback stops being a surprise.
The Complete Lines is the full set: the words for everyday moments, and the page for the meeting that matters.
For a meeting you can see coming, when you know what to say but lose it under pressure.
For when you know what you want but not how to say it.
For the meeting you most want to get right, read by a person before you go in.
One payment. Each PDF prints on A4 or US Letter paper, fills in on a laptop, and prints from a phone. The price includes any tax that applies.
“Use it on your meeting.”
If your position did not hold, write to us within 60 days of your purchase and we refund the full price. Your word is enough, and you keep the files. This guarantee is in addition to your legal rights.
The first page takes about fifteen minutes. The full page for a big meeting takes about an hour. Finding a line in the set takes a minute.
The Emergency Card has five lines that buy time in any room. You use one, and you come back to the page.
Every line is tested against one question: could you say it in a 9am meeting without anyone noticing it was prepared? If it fails, it is not in the set.
Every line in our set has to pass the 9am test: you could say it calmly to your manager, and nobody would hear it as prepared. An AI answer stops at the words. The Map and The Process help you work out your position and their pushback before the meeting, and the Emergency Card stays in your hand in the room.
No. You pay once, and the files are yours to keep. You also get one email a month with a hard moment at work and the sentence to say, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
PDFs. Each one prints on A4 or US Letter paper, fills in on a laptop, and prints from a phone. They arrive the moment you pay.
Yes. Use the pages on your meeting first. If your position did not hold, write to us within 60 days of your purchase and we refund the full price. You keep the files. The guarantee covers a meeting that went against you, not a change of mind, because we deliver the files the moment you pay. Your legal rights stay as they are, and the refunds page has the full details.