Reduce Stress, Improve Results, and Gain Respect

Reduce Stress, Improve Results, and Gain Respect

I was reading a Blog Post from Tony Schwartz on the Harvard Business Review this week titled “No is the New Yes: Four Practices to Reprioritize Your Life” and it got me really thinking about a New Years Resolution I made this year.

RESOLUTION #4:
Learn to say no gracefully and earn respect while doing so.

Tony used this quote and I began to really reflect…
“A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.” ~ Gandhi

What “Yes” Gets You
In my experience, saying yes solves problems. Saying yes puts out fires. Saying yes can also