Last year I needed to ask for a raise. I knew my number, I'd read the guides, I had bullet points in my notes app. Then my manager said "let's chat about your goals for next quarter" and I said "sounds great, looking forward to it" and hung up. Never brought up money.
Same thing kept happening elsewhere. Coworker taking credit for my work, I said nothing. Relationship that should've ended months earlier, I kept postponing. I always knew what to say. I just couldn't say it with someone actually looking at me.
So I started building a thing to practice on. That thing became cosskill.
What it actually is
You pick a persona, tell it the situation in a sentence, and start talking. The persona doesn't help you. It holds position and pushes back. You practice not folding.
