Yemeni Mason explains why saying no is hard but necessary. Most people won't get angry when you set a boundary. Saying no protects your time and energy, letting you choose what actually matters to you.
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So, you know, saying no is something that has been difficult for me, and I'm sure it's been difficult for a lot of you guys because a lot of times, you know, we just feel obligated to say yes to people and we don't know how to set healthy boundaries. And, you know, especially when we have high expectations for ourselves, we usually want to just help people, right? That's the natural human instinct, is to be kind, to be loving, and to be— and to want to be helpful to somebody, you know. But at the end of the day, a lot of times, especially when you of excessive obligations, you know, it's very difficult for you to be able to put yourself in a situation to be able to do and be able to live up to the expectations of others. And ultimately, at the end of the day, a lot of times they're not even really going to be mad if you do say no, right? So one of the lessons that I would love for each and every single one of you to be able to learn is the power of saying no.