ADVERTISING: I'd need to understand more about what that means. Maybe my idea doesn't consider all of the client's context and I need to learn more. Maybe there's some insecurity there because of a risk averse cli (...)

How do you respond to the classic quote, "I love the idea, but right now's not the time"?

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I'd need to understand more about what that means. Maybe my idea doesn't consider all of the client's context and I need to learn more. Maybe there's some insecurity there because of a risk averse climate. Not taking risks is risky too of course, I'd try to bring peace to the situation and perhaps demonstrate more clearly that the benefit of taking the risk outweighs the cost.