Comments on: Saying No http://thoughtdistillery.com/2005/05/26/89 100% pure ideas, ramblings, and amusements Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:49:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: L. Claude http://thoughtdistillery.com/2005/05/26/89#comment-223 L. Claude Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://thoughtdistillery.com/blog/?p=89#comment-223 Well there goes my spinning wheel! Well there goes my spinning wheel!

]]> By: scott http://thoughtdistillery.com/2005/05/26/89#comment-224 scott Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://thoughtdistillery.com/blog/?p=89#comment-224 Dear L. Claude, if there is anything that I intend to say yes to, its bamboo craft and construction. What I'm trying to do is get to that point where I actually have vacant leisure time to fill with enriching endeavors that have long been on the back burner. Please do not give up on that spinning wheel! Dear L. Claude, if there is anything that I intend to say yes to, its bamboo craft and construction. What I’m trying to do is get to that point where I actually have vacant leisure time to fill with enriching endeavors that have long been on the back burner. Please do not give up on that spinning wheel!

]]> By: Barry http://thoughtdistillery.com/2005/05/26/89#comment-225 Barry Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://thoughtdistillery.com/blog/?p=89#comment-225 They aren't half-baked. Well baked, or maybe a little over-baked. I think I have the opposite problem. I always feel like I should put my time toward more productive use, and stuff. Scott, I think your trouble with saying no is just a side effect of being the Renaissance man that you are. They aren’t half-baked. Well baked, or maybe a little over-baked.

I think I have the opposite problem. I always feel like I should put my time toward more productive use, and stuff.

Scott, I think your trouble with saying no is just a side effect of being the Renaissance man that you are.

]]> By: pedestriansaga http://thoughtdistillery.com/2005/05/26/89#comment-226 pedestriansaga Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://thoughtdistillery.com/blog/?p=89#comment-226 No! I mean, yes? Yes! to that last thing Barry said. No! I mean, yes? Yes! to that last thing Barry said.

]]> By: Stacy http://thoughtdistillery.com/2005/05/26/89#comment-227 Stacy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://thoughtdistillery.com/blog/?p=89#comment-227 Scott, you can say no all you want... except to me. MUAHAHAHA! Scott, you can say no all you want… except to me.

MUAHAHAHA!

]]> By: Urban Locust http://thoughtdistillery.com/2005/05/26/89#comment-228 Urban Locust Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://thoughtdistillery.com/blog/?p=89#comment-228 Instead of saying "no" at work, take the Bartleby approach and say "I would prefer not to." It worked for him! My only other advice is to never say yes to an involved "professional development" task where on occasion (say last Friday at 3:00 p.m.) a member of your "committee" calls you at work to complain. Am I venting? Instead of saying “no” at work, take the Bartleby approach and say “I would prefer not to.” It worked for him! My only other advice is to never say yes to an involved “professional development” task where on occasion (say last Friday at 3:00 p.m.) a member of your “committee” calls you at work to complain. Am I venting?

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