MODERN LIFE
The Lies We Tell Instead of Saying “No”
Why we do it and what to say instead
4 min readApr 16, 2021
Saying “no” is just so hard sometimes that we would rather just lie. I have been overwhelmed by how popular my recent Medium essays have been that are focused on “How to Say No” and “How to Say No — At Work.” I’m not shocked. Apparently, hundreds of thousands of us struggle with these two…