Run the Guilt Check Worksheet
A one-page exercise you can print or fill in on screen. Stop people pleasing, one small, kind no at a time.
What's on the page
- The no I said, and to whom
- What they said or did afterward
- If any answer is yes, my one-sentence repair
- If all answers are no, my line for the alarm
- While it passes, I’ll
Plus a checklist, including:
- Take three slow breaths, longer out than in.
- Name it: “That’s guilt about a fair no.”
- Give my hands a job for ten minutes.
- Wait until tomorrow before changing my answer.
This page comes from Disappoint Someone Today.
The book walks through when to use it, with examples. It's from Chapter 12.
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More free pages from Disappoint Someone Today
- My First Three Rungs
- Where Do My Yeses Come From?
- Starter Noes Checklist
- My Yes: Payoff and Price
- My Yes Map
- The Three-Question Filter
- Write Your Own Kind, Short No
- The Kind, Short No Pocket Card
- Build Your No Ladder
- My Practice Log
- My Workload Reality Check
- My New Role at the Family Table
- Repair a No That Came Out Badly
- What I’ll Do When They Push
- Calendar Audit and Weekly Plan
- 30-Day Practice Plan
- The Two-Minute Inside Check
© Blake Tenney. Free to share with credit, not for sale (CC BY-NC 4.0). General self-help information, not medical or professional advice.