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Just Say No — and Sometimes Yes
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Self-Care Isn’t Selfish
By Ann Vitale
Learn to say “no” to the good so you can say “yes” to the best.
~John C. Maxwell
The phone rang. It was the president of the library board of trustees. Three months previously I’d resigned from that board; it wasn’t a good fit for me. I did remain on a non-board committee, as I believed in the mission, but the process had frustrated me and eaten up more time than I anticipated when I joined.
“Good morning. How are you?” His cheeriness put me on guard. Something was up. “Janet is stepping down as chair of the public relations committee and I hoped you would be willing to take over. It requires, you know, writing letters and refining talking points for speaking to groups and since you’ve done a lot of public speaking and you write...”
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