Perfect Worklife: Learn to say NO

Learning to say NO does not mean saying NO or refusing to the working conditions and obligations listed in your job description or I’m not talking about saying no to working within your job description or objecting to things every time at home or in your work place.
However, you must learn to say NO to unnecessary extra responsibilities that you are bound to both in office as well as at home. If you are one of those who tend to say a YES to everything at most times and then take all the work and overload yourself, continue reading:
• Postpone or Delay‐ If you are given an unnecessary task by somebody, say that you will get to them in a short while or whenever you want to. Now check your to do list and your daily diary. You must use this duration to think and take a decision so as to whether you want to do this task and say yes or simply refuse.
• Practice saying NO‐ If your answer to taking a particular task is NO, practice by saying NO till you get into a habit, provided you really want to say it. Say it at every possible opportunity you find, everytime somebody tries to burden you with some unnecessary job and take undue advantage of your humility.
Remember, you do not need to say sorry or be apologetic to them. Do not justify your reasons for not taking up that job. Just get over with it by saying that you do not have time for it. Relax, it is okay to be blunt. Do not think that you are being rude.