How to Say ‘Yes’ to Saying No
No is a powerful word. To me, it’s the single most powerful word in the English language,” Shonda Rhimes writes in Chapter 11 of Year of Yes.
“It’s a big weapon to have in your arsenal,” she writes later on in the chapter. “But it’s a very tough weapon to deploy.” We’ve all heard that “no is a complete sentence.” So why is it so hard to say? Because we’ve been conditioned to obey and comply, says Dr. Sunita Sah, …
