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Saying No

Slow Down Before You Burn Out

Anne Day | Posted 04.19.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Saying No, Overextended, Setting Priorities, Company of Women, Ego, Work Life Balance, Home Life Balance, Work-Life Balance, Canada Business News
Anne Day

People often comment that they don't know how I manage it all. But you know what, I am not so sure that I do. Yes, I juggle a lot. Yes, I am high energy. But there are weeks, like this one, when I want to stop being the hamster on the treadmill. Maybe it's time to get off.

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Knowing How to Say No

Sue Jacques | Posted 03.30.2013 | Canada Alberta
Read More: Corporate Civility, Civility, Saying No, The Civility CEO, Business Etiquette, Confidence, Invitations, The New No, Sue Jacques, Etiquette, How Do You Say No, How to Say No, Canada Alberta News
Sue Jacques

Like many of us, I used to be a Yes-person, agreeing to do things I knew were either out of my realm, a strain on my schedule, or of absolutely of no interest to me. All that changed after a recent experience that led to an epiphany about another way to say no.

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Taylor Swift Taught me to Start Saying "Never"

Tikva Hecht | Posted 11.25.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Yom Kippur, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Commitment, Taylor Swift, Saying No, Starting Over, Video, Canada Living News
Tikva Hecht

The radio's been playing Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" over and over for weeks. As Taylor Swift demonstrates with a vengeance, you damn well better start saying Never. And not just Never to wasteful things and negative influences but Never to people and prospects you greatly admire, even love, would trade your right arm to be connected to. Internalizing that is probably one of the most important things I've gained from my twenties.

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