STOP waffling and start regaining control of your life. Say "NO!"

We've all done it. We've said "yes" when we wanted to say "no" ... sometimes when we desperately wanted to say "NO!" As children we said it to our parents and other authority figures. We learned that it was part of getting along in our world. But, as adults we know there is more to it than getting along. There are consequences.

• Say No in order to say Yes to your life!
• Saying yes when we should say "no" -- and giving up control over our lives.

How many times have you been indecisive when a decision was called for and found yourself out of time, out of energy and out of sorts? How often have you felt like you gave away control over your own life when you said "yes" when you should have said "no"? You're not alone. Most of us have felt that way from time to time. Some of us feel that way most of the time.

It's time to stop waffling and start being decisive!

Why?

Because it's not helpful. It's not respectful. It's not ethical. And in some cases it is downright dangerous.

Until you reclaim the power of "no" in your conversations and in your life, you'll continue being a "waffler." Start being decisive.

"No!" gives you the personal power tool found in the word no.

One of the reasons we "waffle" and say "yes" when we mean "no" is that we really don't know how to change our behavior. We don't know how to be more decisive. Another reason that we act indecisively is that the word "no" is used ineffectively in our daily adult conversations.

In her book "NO! How One Simple Word Can Transform Your Life" acclaimed author Jana Kemp has created a personal decision making support system that can help you embrace the power of saying "no."

In this book you'll learn new ways to ask questions, to think through decisions, to help groups move forward, and to get action to occur.

You'll discover ways to:

• Bring "no" back into your vocabulary without losing friends, family and jobs. (Unless it really is time for a change. Only you can make that decision.)
• Establish "no" as a power word that protects your time, money, children, health, well-being and life.
• Establish the legitimacy of "no" and that not every "no" should be negotiated to a yes.
• Remember phrases and ways of saying "no" whenever you feel "no" is the right thing to say.

Here's what you'll find in the "NO! How One Simple Word Can Transform Your Life"...

Chapter 1

Introduction: It's Hard to Say No

Chapter 2

The Power of No: No is just as important as Yes

Chapter 3

No and Self Protection: Time, Resources, Self

Chapter 4

The Ethics and Consequences of No

Chapter 5

Saying No: You Can Say No

Chapter 6

Stop Saying Maybe: Make a Decision

Chapter 7

Saying Yes

Chapter 8

Decision-Making Practice

Chapter 9

More Practice Saying No

Chapter 10

Keeping Your Resolve

Chapter 11

Fifty Mantras for Keeping Your Resolve

Embrace the power of saying "NO!" Move from knowledge to action with your own personal decision making support system.

Every chapter in "NO! How One Simple Word Can Transform Your Life" has two types of Power Practices designed to help you move from knowledge to enhanced personal power.

• The first type is for you to answer based on your life experience, so there are not right or wrong answers.
• The second type of Power Practice is meant for you to test what you are learning and to build your skills for decision-making and for saying no.

Sample potential responses for the Power Practices are included so that you can determine how well your Yes-ism and Waffling behavior is growing into an Apprentice of "no" skill-set and on into the Master of "no" skill-set.

In the Appendices, you'll find a second Power of "no" Survey along with some advanced power practices, a resource list for learning more, a long list of words you can use to say no, and a way to share your say-no stories.