A book called "How to Say No without
Feeling Guilty" can also help you thru learning to say no gracefully. Here are
some more ways (only a few suitable for the office), taken with thanks, from the
book:
1. I'm sorry but I don't feel right about doing that.
2. If that's what you want, you're asking the wrong person.
3. I realize many people feel fine about things like that, and it's not for me
to judge them, but it just wouldn't work for me.
4. What I did in the past is past. Now is now, and it's not right for me any
more so please don't ask, because it is not something that works for me now.
5. This is not a good time. I'll let you know if I can spend time on it later.
6. If you had let me know earlier we could have talked about it, but it's just
not possible for me now.
7. I can see something needs doing, but it should be done by the person who
caused the problem in the first place, not by me.
8. It would be far more appropriate for you to do that yourself.
9. Why would you want to know that kind of information About Dianna?
10. How would you feel if someone said something like that to your (wife,
husband, daughter, son, etc.)?
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