Category: saying no

3 Easy Steps to Curb the Disease to Please

I could never be a medical transcriptionist. It’s not the typing or the doctors’ handwriting that would deter me. My problem would be reading the symptoms and medical conditions. I’d have all of them. To say that I am easily influenced is like saying the Titanic sprung a leak. Knowing this about myself, I wasn’t…


The Spirit of No

Commentary As the United States falls ever deeper into identity politics, as more and more jobs require diversity–equity–inclusion pledges from workers, digital surveillance of private lives continues, words and thoughts undergo fresh political scrutiny, public apologies proliferate, individuals living and dead are cancelled … a vital tradition in the American heritage is no more. I…


The Perfect Way of Saying No

My 3-year old is better than me at some things. Yes, it’s tough to admit. I so often focus on what I need to be teaching my daughter, it’s easy to overlook what she teaches me. As we were having lunch one day, I asked her if she wanted her favorite lunchmeat, salami. Out of…