How To Say No Without Saying No

FBI hostage negotiators say this is the way to do it.

Jano le Roux
Ideas With Wings
Published in
5 min readMay 4, 2022

--

An illustration of two men looking at each other with a a rough textured crimson-red background.
Illustration by Jano le Roux

Saying no is fucking hard.

Nobody likes to hear it.

Not at work. Not at home. Not at the negotiation table.

It makes us feel excluded. It makes us feel threatened. It makes us feel like we cannot get what we need.

--

--

I craft zero-bs marketing that doesn't feel like marketing. Award-winning brand expert ready to lead your brand's growth. Connect: jano@likeflare.com Join me ⤵️