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Stop Being a Pushover: Learn To Say No in 10 Steps

How do you stop saying yes when you honestly just want to say no? Well, it’s not easy. I used to have a lot of trouble with it. And so I’d become frustrated and angry with myself and others who had asked me about a favor or help. While at the same time working on someone else’s goals instead of my own and wasting too much time and energy on that. Things simply had to change. So I set out a handful of years ago to learn how to become better at saying no. 1. First, keep in mind why you’re saying no. When you are about to say no then remember why you are doing it. Focus on the positive things it will open up in your life such as more time for your family, for your writing or other hobby or simply for relaxing so your stress levels will go down. Because you need to say no to things to be able to say yes to the things you want out of your life (there isn’t enough time and more importantly energy to do it all). This positive motivation will help you to go through with your decis