Anatomy of a "No": Saying "no" to events, coffee, or a collaboration (nicely)

Each week I share a script on how to say ‘no’ (and do it nicely) so I preserve the relationship.

I've been on a little bit of a hiatus because I had serious surgery. I went in for something that I thought was totally routine and it ended up disrupting several weeks of my life.

The disruption also teed up this week's “Anatomy of a No” because I had to say ‘no’ to a lot of things in my life in the last couple weeks to make space and room for healing and rest.

It was the only thing available to me.

So I wanted to share from a personal standpoint a script to say “no” when there is little to give from the energy reserves.