{"id":4636,"date":"2023-10-13T06:16:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T06:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/?p=4636"},"modified":"2025-05-15T21:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T21:09:38","slug":"feature-knowing-to-say-no-daring-to-say-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/feature-knowing-to-say-no-daring-to-say-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Knowing to say No \u2013 Daring to say Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What if saying \u201cYES\u201d meant being in LIFE?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, I received yet another customer request for \u2026 yesterday. The water drop? I realized that this way of working was creating a great deal of suffering within me. And I asked myself whether I should say YES or NO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have stopped counting the number of coaching contracts where one of the objectives is to \u201cknow how to say NO\u201d. What if, instead of knowing how to say \u201cNO\u201d, you dared to say \u201cYES\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You would like to \u201cknow how to say NO\u201d? You already know how to do it \u2013 too well, actually. By learning to \u201csay YES\u201d, you can move forward, evolve\u2026 and enjoy yourself.<\/p>\n<cite>Viviane Strickfaden<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.female-executive-search.com\/insights\/knowing-to-say-no-daring-to-say-yes\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.female-executive-search.com\/insights\/knowing-to-say-no-daring-to-say-yes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the complete article on our partner site Female Executive Search<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n                \n                    <!--begin code -->\n\n                    \n                    <div class=\"pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper pp-multiple-authors-wrapper pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed multiple-authors-target-shortcode box-post-id-4120 box-instance-id-1 ppma_boxes_4120\"\n                    data-post_id=\"4120\"\n                    data-instance_id=\"1\"\n                    data-additional_class=\"pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-shortcode\"\n                    data-original_class=\"pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper pp-multiple-authors-wrapper box-post-id-4120 box-instance-id-1\">\n                                                <span class=\"ppma-layout-prefix\"><\/span>\n                        <div class=\"ppma-author-category-wrap\">\n                                                                                                                                    <span class=\"ppma-category-group ppma-category-group- category-index-0\">\n                                                                                                                        <ul class=\"pp-multiple-authors-boxes-ul author-ul-0\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            \n                                                                                                                    <li class=\"pp-multiple-authors-boxes-li author_index_0 author_viviane-strickfaden has-avatar\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                    <div class=\"pp-author-boxes-avatar\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"avatar-image\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt='' data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Viviane-Strickfaden_202102b-002.jpg?resize=80%2C80&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset='https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Viviane-Strickfaden_202102b-002.jpg' class='multiple_authors_guest_author_avatar avatar lazyload' height=\"80\" width=\"80\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 80px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 80\/80;\" \/>                                                                                                                                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                            \n                                                            <div class=\"pp-author-boxes-avatar-details\">\n                                                                <div class=\"pp-author-boxes-name multiple-authors-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/author\/viviane-strickfaden\/\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Viviane Strickfaden - CEO - France\" class=\"author url fn\">Viviane Strickfaden - CEO - France<\/a><\/div>                                                                                                                                                                                                    \n                                                                                                                                            <div class=\"pp-author-boxes-description multiple-authors-description author-description-0\">\n                                                                                                                                                    <p>Founder of 2 consulting and coaching firms; professional background in major international consulting firms. 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