Episode 79 -8 Ways to Say NO

Today we talk about our thoughts on 8 different ways to say “no” without necessarily just outright saying NO. The 8 different strategies come from the book “Essentialism” by Greg McKeown. So, in today’s Book Talk episode, we talk about the 8 different ways discussed in the book and different examples of how we have used some of the strategies ourselves.

 https://www.amazon.com/Essentialism-Disciplined-Pursuit-Greg-McKeown/dp/0804137382

1. Use an awkward pause
2. Use a “no, but”
3.  “let me check my calendar and get back to you”
4. Use an email autoresponder
5. Use the “yes, what should I reprioritize” method. 
6. Use a bit of humor.
7. Use the “you are welcome to X. I am willing to Y”
8. “I can’t do it, but X might be interested”

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