How to say ‘NO’? || Acharya Prashant

Full video: Say 'No' without guilt || Acharya Prashant, Sir J.J. College, Mumbai (2022)

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00:00My question is, how do we say no without feeling guilty about it later?

00:04Like how do I make boundaries for myself?

00:06Then let this guilt become a medium for self-improvement.

00:11If you could have actually completed your work and yet helped that person,

00:16let this remain in your mind and next time such a situation arises, let your guilt be useful.

00:23See, coming from the right center with the right intention,

00:27guilt can be very useful. It can be transformational.

00:32You realize that you can be better than what you are.

00:37You behaved, you performed in a particular way to a particular standard.

00:42Guilt should mean you could have been far better than that, right?

00:46Remember that. Let your guilt help you.

00:48Let your guilt change you. Let it stay with you.

00:51The next time the same thing happens, come up with flying colors.

00:55Perform in a better way.