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Perhaps the single biggest mistaké we make when we say 'No' is to start from 'No'. , We derive our ‘No' from what we are against-
the other's demand or behavior. A positive ‘No' calls on us to do the exact opposite and base our ‘No' on what we are for. Instead of
starting from ‘'No', start from ‘Yes'. Root your ‘No' in a deeper 'Yes' -a Yes' to your core interests and to what truly matters.
Nowhere didI learn this more clearly than from a relative of mine who suffered from a serious addiction to alcohol that nearly cost
him and others their lives in a car accident. He tried many times to give up the habit but always failed. Then at the age of sixty,
just when all hope seemed lost, he found in himself the will to say ‘'No' and stop drinking. The secret? “"When my first grandchild
was born," he says, “I wanted more than anything to live long enough to see him grow up. It was his birth that motivated me to get
treatment and stop drinking. Since then, for over fifteen years now, I have not touched a drop." His 'Yes' to being present for his
grandchildren
- to be able to play with them and see them grow - motivated his powerful ‘No' to alcohol.
His story serves to illustrate an everyday paradoxical truth: the power of your ‘No' comes directly from the power of your 'Yes'.
1our Yes is the underlying purpose for which you are saying 'No', The first step in the method is to uncover the Yes' that lies
behind your'No'.(1)The deeper you go into vour core motivation, the more powerful your Yes' will be and thus the more powerful
your 'No'.
aht ha
Tt is ourselves.
It is our
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;TL
