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How About NO – STP034


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Episode 34 - We start a series of episodes on managing your time and priorities even better. This time, we're looking at a simple way of reducing the amount on your plate in the first place: Saying 'No'.


Some of the USEFUL stuff in there is:



  • Who Evette Huntley Flindt was
  • Why we're interested in her firstborn son
  • What he says about choices
  • Why it's sometimes easier to say 'YES'
  • Kenny Nguyen, CEO of Big Fish Presentations, and why he thinks we should consider 'NO'
  • His video about it from the TED stage
  • An article by Kristin Wong in the New York Times - May 2017 on the subject
  • Carl Richards also has a view in this article from 2016
  • Leo Babauta writes great things about goals, habits, simplifying and productivity
  • His blog, which has been listed by Time magazine in their best of top 25 blogs - Zen Habits 
  • The article Leo wrote - The Gentle Art Of Saying No
  • The headlines (but we really recommend you read the article)
  • Value your time
  • Know your priorities
  • Practice saying no
  • Don’t apologize
  • Stop being nice
  • Say no to your boss
  • Pre-empting
  • I'll get back to you
  • Maybe later
  • It’s not you; it’s me
  • The question you should ask every time: "Why should I say no?"
...more
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