The most obvious strategy in that general situation is “no, but what can you offer me to change that to a yes?”.
That’s about saying no to other people. I was more focusing on saying no to things that violate the general strategy but seem to be satisfying in the short-term.
It’s easy to have decide that eating no cake is a high leverage intervention when you want to lose weight. It’s harder to say no in any individual instance.
That’s about saying no to other people. I was more focusing on saying no to things that violate the general strategy but seem to be satisfying in the short-term.
It’s easy to have decide that eating no cake is a high leverage intervention when you want to lose weight. It’s harder to say no in any individual instance.