[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":907},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-learn-to-say-no":3,"blog-all-for-related":409},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"cardAlt":5,"categories":393,"description":396,"draft":397,"extension":398,"headerImage":399,"keywords":400,"meta":401,"name":402,"navigation":403,"path":404,"seo":405,"series":6,"stem":406,"updated":6,"year":407,"__hash__":408},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Flearn-to-say-no.md","Learning to say No",null,{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":385},"minimark",[10,14,17,28,37,40,45,51,117],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Most people suck at saying No!",[11,15,16],{},"Saying no to someone is difficult for most of the folks. But when you learn to say No, you control what you work on. You control where you spend your time. 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",[59,74,75],{},"Help yourself first. Then, assist others.",[55,77,78],{},"People get too passive in saying No when they should be vocal and assertive about it. If you will not be assertive, you'll usually end up spending time on something that someone else wanted.",[55,80,81,82,85],{},"Being assertive means having the ",[59,83,84],{},"self-confidence"," to express your needs and wants, and pursue your own ends, even in the face of opposition.",[55,87,88,91],{},[59,89,90],{},"Assertive vs Aggressive",[52,92,93,96,102,105,108,114],{},[55,94,95],{},"It’s important that we distinguish between being assertive and being aggressive.",[55,97,98,99,66],{},"Healthy assertiveness is respectful. 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This guide will help you improve in Poker and win some large pots.",[394,776],"Poker","2020-06-13",{"path":779,"title":780,"description":781,"categories":782,"draft":397,"year":783,"series":6},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpomodoro","Get work done: The Pomo Way","Learn to focus and get productive by following the Pomodoro Technique",[415],"2020-10-24",{"path":785,"title":786,"description":787,"categories":788,"draft":397,"year":789,"series":6},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpostgres-constraints","Postgres Constraints","Constraints are line of defense for database. 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