17. If you can’t say “no” easily, you can’t be trusted.
You can’t be trusted if you can’t say no.
How to build trust:
1. Speak your truth, even if it’s scary.
2. Be with someone in their truth without needing to fix it.
3. Say no without fear of attack or abandonment.
4. Say no the way you give a gift.
Joe Hudsonx.com“If the answer isn’t a definite yes then it should be a no.”
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
If people can trust me to say no, they know I am fully committed to my yes.