How About NO – STP034

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?"