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No Is a Complete Sentence
Learning this changed my life
This is the latest volume of the newsletter I send out every Monday Morning. It’s called Renaissance and is full of learning, inspiration, and dad humor.
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What I’m learning about 🧠
That “no” is a complete sentence.
This is what one of my wonderful coaches often reminds me of.
Like most people, I struggle with saying no.
Sometimes it’s due to a fear of missing out on growth or experience.
Other times it’s just my people-pleasing tendencies showing up.
In either case, saying yes is always the easier option.
But I don’t want easy.
I want effective.
Shane Parrish says:
“Never say yes because you should say yes. If you choose to say yes, make it for a reason. Your reason. If you want to see how often you say yes for the wrong reasons, try finishing this sentence every time you say yes: I am choosing to say yes because … The first few times you answer this honestly, you’ll realize just how often you say yes for the wrong reasons.”
