http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/ldquo-no-rdquo en-us 60 <p align="center">&ldquo;<em>You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage&mdash;pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say &ldquo;no&rdquo; to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger &ldquo;yes&rdquo; burning inside. The enemy of the &ldquo;best&rdquo; is often the &ldquo;good.&rdquo;&rdquo;</em></p><p align="center">~ Stephen R. Covey</p><p align="center">from &ldquo;The Seven Habits of Highly Effctive People&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;No.&rdquo;</p><p>Please pronounce that for me.</p><p>Say it out loud.</p><p>&ldquo;No.&rdquo;</p><p>Pleasantly. Smilingly. Non-apologetically.</p><p>&ldquo;No.&rdquo;</p><p>Practice again.</p><p>&ldquo;No.&rdquo;</p><p>Different tone. Bigger smile. More confidence.</p><p>&ldquo;No.&rdquo;</p><p>Good.</p><p>Now use that the next time you&rsquo;re asked to do something that compromises your highest vision for yourself.</p><p>&hellip;</p><p>(Please say, &ldquo;Yes!!&rdquo; tothat request. :))</p><p>&hellip;</p><p align="center">&ldquo;<em>A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater</em></p><p align="center"><em>than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.&rdquo;</em></p><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center">~ Mahatma Gandhi</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:14 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:232:232 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/232