Do we always have to say 'yes'?

This post is inspired by Nicole Crimaldi of "Mscareergirl.com", who wrote an excellent blog post this week about women and their need to say "yes" to everything.  Her article is entitled "A Remedy for the Pleasing Disease," and it is definitely worth checking out.

I think that this is definitely a relevant issue (for women in particular) in all areas of life, especially in work and social environments.  Crimaldi describes in her post how she once RSVPd to 3 weddings happening in the same weekend all in different cities.  From personal experience, I hate saying no to things, but in the long run I end up exhausting myself and regretting saying yes to everything. So, nowadays I make my best effort to follow through, but don't dwell over something if I can't do it.

The problem with saying 'yes' to everything is that we don't end up benefitting ourselves or our clients.  For instance, in public relations if we say yes to and promise a client everything not only will the bar be set too high, but if we fail..it ends up hurting us in the long run.  Nobody is expected to do everything.  My advice  is to say yes to the things that really matter, and leave the rest to how you feel.  Yahoo.com also gives some great tips on how to say 'no'.  See here: How to say no!