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  • The Art of Saying No

  • How to Stand Your Ground, Reclaim Your Time and Energy, and Refuse to Be Taken for Granted (Without Feeling Guilty!)
  • By: Damon Zahariades
  • Narrated by: Joe Hempel
  • Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (160 ratings)

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The Art of Saying No

By: Damon Zahariades
Narrated by: Joe Hempel
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Summary

Stop being a people pleaser! Learn to set boundaries and say no to people - without feeling guilty!

Are you fed up with people taking advantage of you? Are you tired of coworkers, friends, and family members demanding your time and expecting you to give it to them?

If so, The Art of Saying No is for you.

Imagine being able to turn down requests and decline invitations with confidence and poise. Imagine saying no to people asking you for favors, and inspiring their respect in the process.

Download The Art of Saying No: How to Stand Your Ground, Reclaim Your Time and Energy, and Refuse to Be Taken for Granted (Without Feeling Guilty!)

Amazon best-selling author Damon Zahariades provides a step-by-step, strategic guide for setting boundaries and developing the assertiveness you need to maintain them. You'll learn how to say no in every situation, at home and in the workplace, according to your convictions. And best of all, you'll discover how to get your friends, family members, bosses, coworkers, and neighbors to respect your boundaries and recognize your personal authority.

In The Art of Saying No, you'll discover:

  • My personal struggle with being a people pleaser (and how I overcame the habit!)
  • The top 11 reasons we tend to say yes, when we know we should say no
  • 10 simple strategies for turning people down with finesse
  • Why saying no to people doesn't make you a bad person (the opposite is true!)
  • The best way to develop the habit of setting personal and professional boundaries
  • How to know whether you're a people pleaser (and how to gauge the severity of the problem)

©2017 Damon Zahariades (P)2017 Damon Zahariades

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great book

loved it and highly recommend it
it really discusses the idea of saying no to people like energy vampires

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Really drives home the point

Great book
Short and sweet.
Gives you practical strategies that you can execute straightaway.
Above all - it just resets your mindset !

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If you value yourself then read this book

We all need to learn how to say no gracefully at some point in our lives. Some more than others and this book tells you how. It’s especially useful for diehard people pleasers and parents that are easily manipulated. It’s a very short read full of lots of goodness.
V Rattan. Ex-people pleaser

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Important book to enhance your self-image

Digestible, practical, and with good examples. I recommend it to people who struggle to say no in general life, although the book covers different aspects in life, but not in advance way.

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How to rephrase what we all need to say...

it can be hard to say no... but it turns out there are many to do so.

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Good book, with some subtlety.

Decent book on assertiveness with some simple examples of different scenarios where the listener may be stronger or weaker at drawing boundaries, as such it demonstrates a degree of subtlety.

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Great book. Simple and useful to start reversing some bad habits.

If you want to start reversing some bad habits this book is a good start.

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Inspiring, had more potential

I feel a lot better reading this, but I wanted more research in the book.

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Just didn't get to the point.

just tell me which lines to use. Thats all i need to know. Too many examples, literally don't even know what to say. Did not learn anything 🙈

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Great book, Insightful and challenging and very helpful

Highlights the importance of saying no and establishing boundaries assertively and courteously to help you work towards achieving your priorities.No can be such an empowering word for the recipient of the no. Highly recommended for people feeling overwhelmed with heavy schedules or feel like they are doing too much.

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