How to Know When and How to Say NO
Knowing when to say no takes skill and practice. Learning these skill can help keep you safe, build and maintain strong and healthy relationships, and be able to identify the best opportunities that come your way while ignoring things that are a waste of your time and talents. In order to know when to say no, it is important to learn more about your personal limits as well as to understand how to identify opportunities that are too good to be true. 1/ Reflect on your personal boundaries. A boundary is the line between what is OK and what is not OK. Consider your physical, emotional, and mental boundaries. Physical boundaries involve privacy, space, and your body. This may be dictated both by your personal preferences and philosophies, your culture, and things such as your faith. For example, what kinds of activities you are willing to engage in on a first date. One person may be only comfortable with a kiss, while another is eager for mor...