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Learn how to say, âNoâ, or raise your hand to being a (worn out) door mat.
If anything here resonates with you, please share. Iâm not saying anything radical, but sometimes a reminder of the basic stuff is all we need to make a big difference.
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Thank you for thinking of me for x , but I like to give things 100% and I just donât have the time to give x the attention it deserves.

No to free pitching. So the ad industry finally seems to be finding a singular voice on calling out unhealthy business practice.
For too long weâve given, âYes I canâ gold star status.
What scares us the most about ânopeâ is that we perceive it to somehow diminish us, make us less âgoodâ. Less likeable.
So much of this people-pleasing stuff goes back to when were children. It came gilded as manners - being good and polite. But boy was it loaded. And we knew it.
So now when every fibre of our being is screaming, âNo!â thereâs a mute child within, worried about doing the wrong thing.
Iâm sure you can think of a million and one examples of when ânoâ is the perfectly right thing to say.
Can you stay and work up a few more examples? Can you work the weekend? Can you give me some ideas (that I will then not credit you for)? Can you knock me up a quick logo /speed read my script (again)? Cut to that feeling when you show up or hand over.
You missed out on doing something you really wanted to do.
You know what I hate the most? Rather than say, âNoâ, we fall back on those pathetic well-worn excuses. You know the ones.
Who is fooling who? And the guilt, the need for a fantastic memory. All because.