Coaching practices for How to Get Friend to Pay Me Back a Small Amount of Money

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• I sprinkle my spare money across all my debts a little at a time so it feels fair, but nothing ever actually gets paid off
• There’s someone I want to get closer to and my instinct is always to do something nice for them to win them over, and it never quite clicks
• I’m about to ask someone for something that’s actually pretty big, and I keep catching myself wanting to shrink it down
• Things have gone cool and stiff with someone and we’re both just frozen, neither willing to make the first move or have the awkward talk
• I want to be the kind of person who helps people out, but I keep waiting for some big perfect way to do it and end up doing nothing

Practices that may help

1. Pay minimums on all debts, then attack the smallest with every extra dollar
   Never miss a minimum payment on any debt; concentrate all discretionary debt payment on the smallest balance until it is gone.
   The Debt Snowball, Made Practical
2. Ask for a small, genuine favor from someone you want to build rapport with
   Request something real and modest — help you actually need — not a pretext.
   The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical
3. Keep asks sized to what the person can easily afford to give
   A favor that costs the helper too much produces regret, not liking.
   The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical
4. Use a small ask to repair a strained relationship
   In a cool or conflicted relationship, asking for a small favor can reset the dynamic more effectively than doing one.
   The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical
5. The five-minute favour
   Offer help that costs you five minutes but saves someone else hours.
   Give and Take: The Giver Advantage
6. Build a pattern of small asks rather than one large one
   Multiple small favors over time create a deeper liking pattern than a single large ask.
   The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical
7. Redirect latte-factor savings to high-cost debt first
   The highest guaranteed return on any small saving is eliminating debt at 18–25% interest.
   The Latte Factor: Small Spending and the Cost of Habit
8. Attach a real consequence to misses
   Agree in advance on a concrete cost for not following through.
   Accountability Partners
9. Anti-charity stakes
   Pledge that failure sends your money to a cause you despise.
   Precommitment Devices (Ulysses Contracts)
10. Start with a minimal, easy-to-agree request
    The first ask should be small enough that virtually anyone would say yes.
    The Foot-in-the-Door Technique, Made Practical

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