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Anotace knihy

You already know how to say no. The problem is everything you say next.

"I can't take that on right now..." That's a complete answer. But you don't stop there. You apologize. You list your reasons. You offer a smaller version you never wanted to do. You finish with "is that okay?" - and hand the decision straight back.

By the end, the no is gone. You're doing the work anyway.

FULL STOP is about those extra sentences. They have a name: the tail. And the tail, not the no, is what your colleagues are actually responding to.

This is a short, practical book for capable people whose calendars fill with everyone else's priorities. No confrontation. No personality overhaul. Just fewer words, said on purpose.

What you'll learn

• The four tails - the Sorry, the Because, the Instead, and the Okay? Spot them in your own voice and in your sent folder.
• Why it feels impossible to stop - what actually happens in your body when you disappoint someone, and why the silence afterward passes on its own.
• Your real capacity - a fifteen-minute check that shows how much room you honestly have, so you stop agreeing to a week you don't own.
• The Full Stop Method - Pause. Decide. Say It Once. Three steps that work in a hallway, a one-on-one, or a client call.
• Four answers, not two - yes, no, not now, and yes-if. Most people only ever let themselves use one.
• How to hold your answer - what to do when they ask again, shrink the request, praise you, or guilt you into it.

Built for the moments that actually go wrong

Separate chapters for saying no to your boss without sounding difficult, to coworkers without wrecking the friendship, and to clients without damaging the service. Plus the after-hours inbox, and how to own a mistake in four sentences instead of four hundred words.

Every chapter ends with one small thing to try this week. The book closes with a script bank of ready-made lines for the requests you'll face on Monday.

Being agreeable is not the same as being valued

When you say yes to everything, your yes stops meaning anything. Nobody knows whether you have room, whether you want it, or whether it will be done well. The point was never to decline more. It's to make your yes worth something again.

Read it in an afternoon. Use it tomorrow.

Parametry knihy

• Plný název: Full Stop
• Podnázev: Say No Once, Stop Over-Explaining, and Get Taken Seriously at Work
• Autor: D J Breuer
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 138
• EAN: 9798173576590
• ID: 53879142
• Nakladatelství: Independently published
• Hmotnost: 170 g
• Rozměry: 216 × 140 × 8 mm
• Datum vydání: 12. September 2026

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