How To Say No

Balancing work, life, and insanely high workloads in HR is no easy feat.

We’ve all been there: drowning in emails, buried under mountains of paperwork, and feeling the pressure to be everyone’s ‘fixer’…all whilst feeling unable to utter the word ‘no’.

In fact, we’ve been conditioned to say “yes” for most of our lives, and now saying “no” seems selfish.

But there is a BIG difference between putting yourself first and being selfish because overcommitting ourselves not only triggers a stress response but also reduces our effectiveness and can set us on a path to burnout!

However, saying “no” for the right reasons is about asserting our priorities and safeguarding our well-being.

I’m not saying it’s easy – and it takes an element of self-discovery and self-awareness to get good at it – but my friends, it’s well worth it!

If you want to do your best work, you need to say “no” to the wrong things and start saying “yes” to the right things.