Just say No

I have no need to view the article, but I am familiar with the principle of learning to say "no." Many people are what is called "people pleasers." They are more interested in being popular or afraid of loosing a friendship with someone, that they are afraid to say "no" to anything. Personally, I've never had the problem of saying "no" except to members of my family. Unfortunately, my family took advantage of me for many years until I learned to say "no." I've even learned to not accept the responsibility for any other person's happiness. For years, my mom tried to make me responsible for her happiness until I had to sit down and talk to her about it. Hardest discussion I ever had. Everyone needs to learn to say "no" to something in their lives because otherwise we develop a world of people dependent on others to make them happy. Thanks for the discussion, just my take on it.

As me, say no is very difficult. I must practice for a long time to learn how to do.

Sometimes not saying No causes a lot more pain then saying it. I think that it's a great idea to give people ideas about how to say it. I think that people aren't always taught that it is ok or even how to do it sometimes.

There were more articles on Digg with this title, I read the newest one, I guess you talked about that one. Saying NO is what I am learning too. Saying no will probably cause pain, but more pain will come if I don't want to do something that I agreed to do. Even if I dont want to hurt someone, I will hurt myself. There are people who like to use others, and they will not mind or appreciate if we are good.

I say no all the time to people xD But yes, I do have a harder time saying no to people I really care about, or people that I think might take offense/be sad if I said no.