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How to say no. — Templates to help you say no in any situation
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Saying no is hard, but essential to your own productivity (and sanity). Here are some templates you can use, including some examples from Naval, Tim Ferriss, Casey Neistat, and more!
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Switchbackhunter
I rarely comment on PH listings, but this one hit home. So useful for folks like myself that have a hard time trying to say the right thing once, without having to come up with many excuses.
Pat Walls
Maker
@daminkk Thank you for the kind words! Means a lot. Excuses are easy. Being direct is hard - as a recipient/receiver I'd rather you be direct than give me an excuse like "i'm so busy right now sorry!".
Oleg Stirbu
This is great! thanks for making it.
Pat Walls
Maker
@ostirbu Thanks Oleg!!
Marc Montagne
Literally every single day I'm facing those situation and wished I could have these templates. A big THANK YOU!
Pat Walls
Maker
@marcaime glad it can help, even just a littel! although saying no is easier said than done! And it's a lot easier over email than in person :)
Vincent Denise
Hi Pat! It's definitely something we need to save time with our support. Request: Some templates for how to say no to VCs.
Pat Walls
Maker
@yesnoornext Added!! Great tip keep em coming :)
Edgaras
Nice. Radical Candor :)
Pat Walls
Maker
@edgarascom Exactly!
Primer
@edgarascom Well... except it isn't radical candor. I just read all of them and most of them reek of BS. "I'd love to do that thing, but...." No - if you'd love to do it, you'd do it.
Edgaras
@mickc79 I think you should have quoted what's after "but...". Because those are important conditions.
Primer
@edgarascom Well the point is that it doesn't matter what comes after the point. If you'd love to do something, then you'd do it. Clearly this person wouldn't love to do it. Please google "everything after the word but". This is a well known thing.
Andrey Azimov
Waiting next how to say yes :D
Pat Walls
Maker
@andreyazimov "How to do things that don't scale."
Adam Fuhrer
All in good balance with saying "yes" ;)
Darjan Hren
This is brilliant! Love the copy and it’s a great time saver 👍
Pat Walls
Maker
@darjanpanic Thanks Darjan! Appreciate the kind words :)
Tem Nugmanov
very interested in this project...but today is finally the day I say "no" to a new product. just kidding! really great idea :) i think a super helpful feature might be a copy button like in Really Good Emails
Miguel Piedrafita
Great work Pat, I'll definitely make use of this!
Pat Walls
Maker
@m1guelpf Thanks Miguel!
Vijay Selvaraju
Thanks for sharing this Pat! It's a great collection
Pat Walls
Maker
@vijay_selvaraju Thanks Vijay! If you have any more, let me know!
Mahesh Shrestha
Just gonna say "YES" to this hunt, @thepatwalls. :) Imported all 31 templates and guess, I won't have any more unnecessary headaches to say "No".
Srijan
THANKYOU <3
Pat Walls
Maker
@srijancse Thanks Srijan!
Clark
Fantastic website. A great idea and excellent execution. I wish it were available in other languages as well.
Dakota Felder
Does what the DARE program never could
Pat Walls
Maker
@dakota_felder Haha! next project "howtosaynotodrugs.com" !!
Pat Walls
Maker
Oh, and if you have any other ways to say no, I'd love to add! You can submit through this form: https://forms.gle/ZE8UMDEnzotqGain6
Pat Walls
Maker
Hey everyone - I've been trying to say "no" more often. For example... - How to say no to "coffee" - How to say no to extra projects - How to say no to unnecessary meetings - the list goes on... I put together this little "mini-site" of alllll the different situations where you might want to say "no", as well as some pretty neat templates from Naval, Tim Ferriss, Paul Graham, Casey Neistat, etc. I hope it inspires you to say no! (you can also download the templates into Pigeon (my Gmail plugin) for easy use - but that is completely optional!)
Pat Walls
Maker
@mikerubini Haha! Congrats on your launch looks great :)
Raman Ksaitor
@thepatwalls my personal favorite "How to say no to an appearance on a brand new podcast." More useful than the others!
Pat Walls
Maker
@ksaitor I use that one all the time.
Steph Smith
This is one of those products that makes complete sense once you see it, and you wish that you would've made it. Awesome job, Pat! 🙂
Pat Walls
Maker
@stephsmith Thanks Steph! Wouldn't be that way without your feedback yesterday!!
Anna Filou
I love this way more than I expected! 😍 Would be awesome if you could add more templates in time. But who dumps someone they’re dating over email, of all things? 😂
Pat Walls
Maker
@anna_0x Hahaha that's rock bottom right there.
Graham Gnall
Well done @thepatwalls :)
Pat Walls
Maker
@ggnall Thanks bro!