Art of Demanding

Demanding can bring in 2 extreme results, namely rejection out right or partial approval. It is a matter of how to demand. If you have demanded something with the right channel and right person at the right time and right place, then the chances of getting what you want is pretty good. However, if you have done the same thing during inappropriate time, venue and channel, then the chances of rejection is very high and the chances for reconsidering is very slim. Nevertheless, if you are somebody that the approving authority has difficulty to say NO and more than obliged to concur with you, then it is all right to demand at any time and place.

Demanding without considering the limit of approving authority at time creates some conflict and tension. A residents group asking logistic support for a community event cannot exceed the capacity of the local authority. For example, demanding numbers of tents, tables, chairs, platforms, pa system, decorative plants and others that goes beyond the affordability of the local authority.

Demanding without valid reason and supported by fact and figures will also result in vain. Most of the time, community group will request something without substantiate it with the fact and figures. For example, they always complain about crime and secuirty without telling where and when. Similarly, complaints about traffic congestion, cleanliness, vandalisme are sometime only hear say. In order for demanding works, it is better to equip ownself with all the proof, figures and facts or else everything you demanded for will be generalised and diminished at the end of the discussion. It simply means if you have not done your homework, then please do not open your mouth.

Demanding is also about friendship and lobbying. It is commonly known that friends will be given priority over someone we do not know. We tend to treat our friend differently and if a choice has to be made with both parties are equally qualified, then obviously our friend will be chosen. In a situation where if lobbying has been done earlier, what you demanded for will normally can be granted. This is so because the involved parties will have better ideas of you are trying to demand prior to the decision making meeting. That's why community groups with high visibility in almost every functions of the local authority will normally get more than what others are getting. This is due to their presistence of demanding and lobbying in every occassion they attended.

Demanding is also hinted with your reputation. If you are known as authority or expert in a particular field, then what you demanded for the purpose of that field will normally be granted. If you are known as a do-able worker, then demanding fund for a project will be an easy task due to the track record of delivery that you have built up. People do not mind of meeting the demand of others that within their capacity provided that the deliveries are there to be seen. In other words, effective demanding is the outcome of continue ground works you laid over time. The more you establish yourself, the chances for getting what you demand is better, I presume.