{"id":1906,"date":"2010-01-29T08:09:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T13:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BrandTwist.com\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2018-10-18T20:14:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T20:14:38","slug":"quicktwist-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandtwist.com\/blog\/finding-balance\/quicktwist-19\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickTwist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>How good are you at saying &#8220;No&#8221;?<\/h3>\n<p>In a recent post on <a href=\"http:\/\/brandtwist.com\/?p=1833\">What Would Make Women Happier<\/a>, learning to say no more was ranked as number #9. Interestingly it didn&#8217;t make the top 10 for the men&#8217;s list.<\/p>\n<p>Personally I struggle with this a lot. It&#8217;s just not in my nature to say no. I love to help people and give advice etc. But lately I feel a bit overwhelmed. And when I over commit and end up participating in things I just don&#8217;t have the time and energy for I feel worse because I can feel that resentment bubbling up and probably showing through. I am wondering how other BrandTwist readers (men and women) deal with this. Any advice on how decide when to say &#8220;no&#8221; and how to stick with it?<\/p>\n<h3><!--more Join the conversation \u00bb --><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How good are you at saying &#8220;No&#8221;? In a recent post on What Would Make Women Happier, learning to say no more was ranked as number #9. Interestingly it didn&#8217;t make the top 10 for the men&#8217;s list. Personally I struggle with this a lot. It&#8217;s just not in my nature to say no. 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