“The Nest Thermostat E + Goodman pairs effortlessly with new Goodman equipment,” explains Rob Barnes, vice president of product marketing for Goodman, “from base efficiency air conditioners to high-performing, multistage ComfortBridge products.” Back in January 2020, Goodman announced it was launching a national network of more than 2,000 smart home installers. (DIL), a Fortune 1,000 company with more than 76,000 employees worldwide. Goodman is a division of Daikin Industries, Ltd. With their branded thermostat, Goodman brand HVAC dealers now have an opportunity to tap into homeowners’ mounting demands for home automation. It’s time to throw off saying yes to everything and embrace the life-changing art of saying no.Ĭheck out more articles from La Trobe over at Ideas and Insights.The new offering marks the first time Google has offered a co-branded product and experience with a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) manufacturer. Be strategic with your nos and your yesses to build the life you want – especially in a constantly changing world. Jettison toxic niceness but remain polite. You can turn a ‘no’ into a ‘no, not yet’ or a ‘no, but here’s an alternative’.ĭiscern, plan, choose, organise. One of the reasons people say yes instead of no is because they don’t want to be rude. Saying a strategic ‘no’Ī no doesn’t have to be abrupt. Sometimes no is saying yes to a task that’s more in line with your goals it’s saying yes to downtime so you can be more productive and do better work later it’s saying yes to valuing your skills and your time. Every time you say no to one thing, you’re saying yes to something else – to yourself, your career, your colleagues or your family. If the job is underpaid or not to your advantage in another way, is it really something you want to say yes to?īecause saying yes to one thing often means saying no to another. You should also value your skills, and say no to opportunities and clients who don’t value them too. You need to shape your career by choosing opportunities that are most closely aligned with your skills and interests. If you’re concerned that saying no to business opportunities will lead to those openings drying up, remember that not every prospect is right for you. Stepping back allows others – both at work and at home – to step up, giving them a chance to learn, grow and build confidence.
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If you’re the only one who knows how to do the job, you need to mentor someone else to the task. In fact, people are often best served by a timely no, especially if the no comes with a side-serving of alternatives. Relentless yessing can leave you exhausted and stressed, which has a negative impact on your personal and business relationships, and your emotional, mental and physical health. The truth is that saying yes constantly could be undermining your efforts. Some people think that they’re letting others down by using no. Some people say yes to everything because they think they’re the only ones who can do the job properly. Of course, it’s not only women who fall into ‘the yes trap’.Īnyone who is establishing a career has a tendency to say yes to everything and everyone, from the fear that opportunities lost will never be regained. When toxic niceness takes hold, women end up overworked, underpaid, over-committed and underappreciated, as well as feeling very stressed – and yet guilty that they’re not doing enough. Some of them have to be done, of course – sometimes you just have to adult no matter how much you’d rather play Animal Crossing than work for a living.īut our lives are swamped with ‘yes’ that really ought to be ‘no’ if we want to stay healthy and productive.Įlizabeth Hilts, author of Getting in Touch with Your Inner Bitch, says that women often don’t say ‘no’ because of ‘toxic niceness’ – the result of the fact that girls are trained from birth to always be nice, even at the expense of their own time, health and needs. People often end up saying ‘yes’ to a lot of things they don’t really want to do. For a lot of people, the hardest word to say is ‘no’. Toxic nicenessĭespite Elton John’s claims to the contrary, ‘sorry’ isn’t really the hardest word. Here’s how to say no to others in life and business and why it can be so hard. If you’re feeling anxious about returning to normal, that’s okay. As lockdown restrictions lift, many of us might be feeling overwhelmed with the number of invitations to socialise from friends and family.
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