Quick,Easy,Ways,Say,People,Who DIY 4 Quick, Easy Ways to Say No to People Who Take You for Gran
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No matter how wonderful you are sometimes other people will tryto take advantage of your good nature. They will push you, getyou to do more than your fair share and keep asking you to doeven more.And worst of all -- often your efforts will be taken for granted.Unless you can say No, the situation will not change in fact itmay get even more difficult.That is unless you can say No to these unreasonable peoplebecause very often to win respect from people you have tosometimes say No.Here are 4 great ways to stand up for yourself and say No:1 Soften the NoInstead of shouting No at the person and creating anuncomfortable encounter you can instead soften the No bypostponing your help.For example --- No, I am busy right now but I can help you in 40 minutes time- No, I have other things to do at the moment- Right now I do not have a free moment maybe later on- I would love to help but not at this minute, try JohnWhat you are doing is softening the No by saying not now ratherthan an outright No. This is a lot easier to do especially whendealing with people who intimidate you.2 NegotiateTo deal with people who want your help but are slow to help you-- negotiate! When they want something from you, you have thepower - use it!Say you are happy to help on one condition -- that they help youimmediately when you seek their help. They will usually agreebecause they have to! If they say No, again as above, postponehelping them if you can.There are some people who view the world in terms of what is init for them and the concerns of others are of secondaryimportance. With these people you are wasting your time talkingabout your needs.For that reason you have to link your needs to their gains bynegotiating - tell them they will get what they want IF you getwhat you want.3 Say No When You Do Not Care About the OutcomeWhen you are flexing this new found ability to say No for thefirst time use every opportunity to get some practice e.g.- In a restaurant, say no to the first table you are offered- at home say No to coffee when everyone else says Yes, have tea- In a store say yes to an offer of help but No to the productWhat I mean is to say No when you are dealing with people whoseapproval is not that important to you. You will quickly learnthrough experience that it is not the end of the world if yousay no and the other person is not pleased with you.4 Say No to the Big Request and Yes to a Smaller OneSometimes you are going to be asked to do more than your fairshare. If you cannot avoid the job you may need to considerdoing part of it.A good way to handle these requests is to offer to do partof the job but not all of it. For example:- I will clean 2 rooms if you do the other 3 rooms- I can do 5 pages of the report as long as you give me the data- If you start the project I will finish itBy standing up for yourself on small points you will graduallyassert yourself more often on the big issues. The main thing isto get started today on winning back control of your interactionswith anyone who pushes you too far.
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