Leslie Robison: eight options to say no, with a bit of advice

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Eight options to say no, with a bit of advice

https://www.masteryconsulting.net/post/yes-because-i-can-t-say-no

Here are eight options to say no, with a bit of advice: only the first four work to your advantage. Notice none of them offer a reason for declining. It’s your choice to explain your decision or not. 

1. No.

2. No, thanks.

3. Thank you for asking, but I can’t.

4. Maybe next time. 

5. Absolutely not! 

6. I would never do that!

7. Are you out of your mind? 

8. Not a snowballs’ chance in hell. 

Use them carefully, simply, and intentionally and protect your time, money, and peace of mind confidently.

On second thought, I already had plans for that time and money. Ask me another time. And thanks for asking. 

Leslie Robison, Coaching and Consulting

"the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces"

Isaiah 25:6–9 ^NRSV

⁶ On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines,
of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.
⁷ And he will destroy on this mountain
the shroud that is cast over all peoples,
the sheet that is spread over all nations;
⁸ he will swallow up death forever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
⁹ It will be said on that day,
Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

“May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man who stood for Christ and against not just Hitler but also the Christendom of his day, penned this benediction from prison: “May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.” 

Diane Langberg, PhD
@DianeLangberg, https://twitter.com/DianeLangberg, Apr 11, 2021

"Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear."

 "Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear."

~ Mark Twain