𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 "𝐍𝐨" W𝐡𝐞𝐧 Y𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 "𝐘𝐞𝐬" K𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 P𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧...

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 '𝐍𝐨" 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 "𝐘𝐞𝐬" 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧...

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

So, you might be a people pleaser, or maybe you have a serious case of FOMO... in either case saying "no" for you can be difficult.

In fact, not mastering this skill can make you 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 (𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝) 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨. Plus, you can even begin to feel 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

There's good news... saying "no" is something that gets easier with practice.

Here are three easy ways to decline gracefully:

➡️𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. It's not uncommon to get hit with requests for immediate help. You can let them know that you can’t help right now but that you might be able to help soon. If it really is urgent, they’ll find someone else and shouldn't feel resentful towards you.

➡️𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. This puts an end to the matter quickly without the other person feeling insulted. After all, you're rejecting their product or service; you're not rejecting them personally.

➡️𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩. In this case, you're not refusing to help them. In fact, you are helping them by suggesting someone more capable of satisfying their needs.

If you'll learn to say “no” to the things that you really don't want to do, don't have the time to do, or don't fit your needs, your life will be much richer for it.
 
Saying "no" gets easier with practice. And when you focus your time on the things you really want and need to do your business will grow and your personal life will be even more rewarding