What I’ll Do When They Push 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 person and the request
- The no I'll say
- My “bless you” line
- The pushback I expect (tick any)
- My broken-record sentence
- My line for ending the topic
- How it went
Plus a checklist, including:
- Pile-on
- “But you always...”
- Silence
- Bargain
- “What’s gotten into you?”
- “After all I’ve done...”
- I'll keep my voice level and my words almost the same.
- I won’t add new reasons or a bigger excuse.
- I'll let silence sit for five seconds before I speak.
- If I feel the grab, I'll name it to myself and wait.
- I won't send a “Sorry again!” message later.
This page comes from Disappoint Someone Today.
The book walks through when to use it, with examples. It's from Chapter 11.
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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
- Run the Guilt Check
- 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.