Comments on: Say NO and feel great!

By: Hayley

Hayley — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:59:01 +0000

Learning how to say no without feeling unnecessarily guilty is an important life tool!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:17:37 +0000

Great article – very insightful and I really liked your use of examples. I posted it on http://www.OptimistList.com for other readers to enjoy.
Keep up the good work,

Tony

By: Norma Fares

Norma Fares — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:03:26 +0000

I read this article a few months ago. I shared it with my circle of friends many times, I guess. It crosses my mind every time I feel like saying NO loudly to feel great after saying YES for some backward minds for years and were never satisfied. I, thankfully, reached a point where I can make my choices whatever the result was as long the purpose of life is to live sanely and happily! Today, I’m writing to you to say Yes for saying NO and to feel great! I equally thank and congratulate you for this article. Please keep up the good writing:)

Norma Fares
Lebanon

By: Amit Jindal

Amit Jindal — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:21:02 +0000

Good One

By: Gabriella Broady

Gabriella Broady — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:19:30 +0000

I appreciate the reminder of negotiation as a tactic for deflecting projects. I would propose that the “say no” tactic is also a good one to practice on our children – sometimes we say yes because we are too busy to deal with the “argument” or “whining” if we say no when our kids want something. With the current economy, learning to say no without feeling overly guilty is powerful both at home AND at work!

By: Bhushan Kulkarni

Bhushan Kulkarni — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:41:40 +0000

Thanks Mr Wasu for such a wonderful tips of declining.
its really useful almost daily as we have to go through the situation where we do work unwillingly.
Its of great help.

By: Tefe Nano

Tefe Nano — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:54:00 +0000

Great! No regrets opening this site. Big help. Thank you very much!

By: Rajendra

Rajendra — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:37:02 +0000

Great ideas ……….

By: Dewage Nandika

Dewage Nandika — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:38:27 +0000

This is great. I said No for the very first time yesterday and felt great…

By: Arjun

Arjun — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:52:19 +0000

While the overall concept is not new, Shalu’s handling of the method is lovely. Thanks.

By: Digvijay Agrawal

Digvijay Agrawal — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:51:46 +0000

Thanks I’m allready tickle
digvijay

By: Digvijay Agrawal

Digvijay Agrawal — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:49:37 +0000

Superb, Is it compses in hindi? If so send me
Digvijay

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:19:02 +0000

I like them all except #8, though I do understand how people get to this point.

By: Rajiv Bishnoi

Rajiv Bishnoi — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:44:31 +0000

gr8 post , Shalu…

I have been “advising” couple of my friends on the benefit of this..though I concede not in as persuasive a manner as you put it

I have been a “beneficiary” of practicing this art for quite some time, though not with a touch of finesse as you say it…. still it has worked great for me, so far.

Now I will just forward the link to these friends!

Happy New Year to you and family

Zula

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:46:30 +0000

Hello All,

Its very necessary for all of us to learn to say “No”, Since its easy to say but tough to practice. We can practice only by courage and fact. Can we have a fact to say “NO”

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:33:17 +0000

Its simply great …!!!

By: Shaheryar Lakhani

Shaheryar Lakhani — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:39:28 +0000

Now I know ‘The Art of Saying No’ – thanks for such an informative post. ‘No’ it self is a negative term and this article shares its positive face which is quite interesting!

By: Mary-Lynn

Mary-Lynn — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:21:32 +0000

This is a great post. I especially love your list of “no statements” to practice. We talked about this recently on Bigg Success, titled “This Word Helps You Keep Your Resolutions”. For example, if you’ve said “yes” to getting some exercise in everyday, you have to say “no” when someone asks you serve on a committee. There are only so many hours in a day! Say yes only to commitments that will help you achieve your most important goals.

By: Eric Roth

Eric Roth — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:18:58 +0000

Thank you for celebrating the power of saying “no”. This insightful article was just what I needed to read to wake myself up from making far too many commitments and obligations in 2009!

It’s better to under-promise and overperform than overpromise and under-perform.

By: Rohit Modi

Rohit Modi — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:46:49 +0000

I also agree that saying “NO” in many situations including even an invitation to a party is preferable and one must acquire a style to say “NO” without hurting anyone’s feelings.
Saying “NO” must be learned by everyone.

By: Sumit Tandon

Sumit Tandon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:21:20 +0000

I certainly agree, saying NO is an art; and I like your approach by thinking that saying NO is a benefit to the other person only! Hope to practice some of it.

Keep writing.

Sumit-

By: Dr. Neelam Tikkha

Dr. Neelam Tikkha — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:18:21 +0000

I feel that Indians need to learn to say ‘No’ . In India people avoid saying no and they will delay it till the person gets the message himself.

By: kaz

kaz — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:33:47 +0000

Good advice for the start of 2009 especially since staying focused on my long term goals is my New Year resolution!

By: Rajnish

Rajnish — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:12:05 +0000

Nice piece of wisdom Shalu i couldn’t agree more with Rachana , But at times it becomes really difficult if the person is really close or important to you.

By: Rachana Sharma

Rachana Sharma — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:15:22 +0000

Thanks Shalu to remind that we always have the option to say NO as well.

The article also suggests that every negative concepts have their own positivity, we only need to look for it.