Sarah FarooquiHow to turn down a 'proposal' kindly 💍
You thought I was your work plan. But you were only my concept note. Our projected timelines, CBA, and MEL frameworks simply did not align.
(SorryNotSorry)
More unsolicited romantic 💕 advice: You should not say you are dating. You should say you are horizon scanning 🔍 .
And if you get rejected 🙅 at stage 1 (can't forecast everything), you should conduct a (self) gap analysis 🧐 & update your vision statement with action points, outcome table, & revised timeline.📄
You will never get to the proposal 💍 stage otherwise, let alone a stage 2 approval & then grant ✔️.
(SorryNotSorry)
'Vertical' Heartbreak
I was your incomplete work plan.
You were my failed funding bid.
There was no grant there,
let alone a project proposal
Or an outcome index.
We were destined but to be
strategically obtuse,
verifiably incomplete.
ChandersOur gantt chart
ended before it began.
Jürgen Hubert@sarahf It sometimes needs to be said.
@juergen_hubert And needed feedback for the next Proposal Cycle
@sarahf How did that old saying go?
"Your poor planning is not my emergency."