Attention People Pleasers: You Can't Really Avoid Saying "No" and Here's Why
Thought: Just because you can doesn't mean you must. In other words, your ability to do what someone asks of you doesn't mean that you must do it. Frequently, especially during the busy Christmas season, these requests come at the most inconvenient of times. Yet, how many of you (or someone you dearly love) do it anyway? Here's a difficult truth: When you can't say "No" to others you indirectly say, "No" to . . . Yourself You say "No" to a full night's sleep You say "No" to any discretionary time you may have had Your Immediate Family Who do you think, besides yourself, gets the short end of the stick when you rob your margin by saying "Yes" to those to whom you should say "No"? Challenge: This Christmas say "No" to someone to whom you could say "Yes." This is especially true for those of you who have a Christmas season (like every other Christmas season for as lo...