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The Art of Saying No
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The Art of Saying No

How to Stand Your Ground, Reclaim Your Time and Energy, and Refuse to Be Taken for Granted (Without Feeling Guilty!)

Damon Zahariades
The Art Of Productivity, 2017

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Well Structured
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

Are you a professional doormat? Do people constantly push you around to get you to help them? If so, author Damon Zahariades' best-selling instruction manual gives you useful techniques for saying no. Zahariades explains why you should speak honestly and directly about what you want to do and don’t want to do. This includes saying no when appropriate. He promises that the more often you say no now, the less often you’ll need to say it in the future.

Take-Aways

  • In trying to be “nice” or helpful, some people become doormats who say yes to every request.
  • Always saying yes to others means you’ll have little time for yourself.
  • When you constantly say yes to everyone else, you are constantly saying no to yourself.

About the Author

Lifestyle management expert Damon Zahariades has written several time-management and productivity books and produces the Art of Productivity blog.

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    J. M. 5 months ago
    Good
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    T. F. 3 years ago
    good it is great
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    C. T. 4 years ago
    Great guidance especially facing the pushy requesters and the rude ones at office.