Why it works
Social norms dictate that we should respond to kindness to maintain positive relationships. People often reply simply because they feel guilty about ignoring a courteous, non-threatening request.
Example
I know you are likely swamped, so I would appreciate just one minute of your time to discuss this.
An illustration of the mechanism, not a template. Copied verbatim it stops being persuasion and starts being the pattern everyone else is already sending.
Is your sequence pulling this one?
Paste it in and find out which levers are working, which are missing, and which single zero is capping the whole message.