So learn to say No – and to be rude about it when necessary. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you. (This rule […]
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He left no stone unturned.
If the word ‘No’ was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.
Where there are no swamps there are no frogs.
Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best.
Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes.
As we say in our house, ‘Say yes to no.’
When your schedule leaves you brain-drained and stressed to exhaustion, it’s time to give up something. Delegate. Say “No.” Be brutal. It’s like cleaning out a closet – after a while, it gets easier to get rid of things. You discover that you really didn’t need them anyway.
No one can maintain more than three priorities. If you have a job you care about, that’s a priority. If you have a family, that’s a priority. Which leaves one more. Maybe it’s staying in shape, maybe it’s volunteering at your church. Most people understand this intuitively. But they keep overcommiting themselves and overcomplicating their […]
Learn to say “no.” It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.