Life is full of questions. We ask people to do things. Other people ask us to do things. However, it’s a skill to respond with a “no”.
Why is that? Sometimes, we really have to give things more thought. There’s a reason why we may ever consider saying no to something. We might be too busy, lack interest, or just genuinely not know how to do it. But how often do humans wants to open up the opportunity to others thinking that we aren’t able to do something?
Show confidence. Be confident. Let everyone know you can do it. Don’t disappoint.
These are some key values in life that get preached to us (or at least they have to me in one form or another) yet they’re the very things that have been caused, are causing, and will likely cause the deterioration of our society.
Would animals be extinct if we took a moment to stop and say no more? (Well there’s a lot of reasons why they might be extinct but humans hunting them was probably one of them). How troubled would we be if took a second to say no instead of succumbing to peer pressure and do something we would eventually regret? Probably not really. But then again we don’t want to live life with regrets now do we?
I guess the point of all this is to really think things through before you respond. Sure you may let some opportunities slip from time to time.
But it’s better than to step into a deep pit of mayhem.
Next post: Learning to say “Yes”! 🙂
3 replies on “Learning to say “No””
hmm. You’re not disappointing anyone if you just say you don’t want to do it because you know you won’t be able to devote whole-heartedly to the matter. And then you can maybe recommend someone else whom you can trust with your reputation for the job that you can’t take on? I think people will appreciate that. =]
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Great post!