This is a YouTube video titled "How to say no #shorts" containing a monologue or single-speaker advice segment recorded on November 16, 2022, providing guidance on how to say no to people without hurting their feelings by being direct and timely.
All right. We're taking your questions today and the first one is this. How do you say no to people without hurting their feelings? The first thing you want to do is say no quickly. What you don't want to do is have a maybe that turns into you ghosting and just disappearing. So first of all, just be very blunt. Say no. If you want to explain why you can. But I think people are okay with hearing no. It's the uncertainty, it's the time in between that can really be a challenge. So just say no quickly and if you want to explain why, you know, go forward or to say, hey, no, thank you, but I'm going to pass on this. So even no, thank you for considering me, thanks for the opportunity, so on and so forth, that can lighten the blow to an extent. But again, just make sure you do it quickly and efficiently.