{"id":11213,"date":"2012-10-05T22:32:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T02:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2012\/10\/making-difficult-but-easy-choices-in-saying-no.html"},"modified":"2012-10-05T22:32:41","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T02:32:41","slug":"making-difficult-but-easy-choices-in-saying-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2012\/10\/making-difficult-but-easy-choices-in-saying-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Difficult but Easy Choices in Saying No"},"content":{"rendered":"

“You know someone, to run a company, to make great products, has to do a lot of saying no to people…You have to be able to tell people, “This is not good enough. We’re looking for higher standards. We need better people.’ You’ve got to be willing to take some of those nasty stands.” Steve Wozniak<\/a><\/p>\n

Sometimes you need to let go of someone you like, or make choices to say no when it goes against the grain. It may hurt, but saying no gives you the freedom to say yes to bringing in other ideas and minds.<\/p>\n

What will you do today to make the difficult, yet easy choices to say no and say goodbye to those who don’t fit?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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