“Boundaries are saying yes to yourself.” — Rachel Rodgers, a business coach who helps historically excluded folks make more money. (For my female entrepreneurs out there, I highly recommend her book “We Should All Be Millionaires”).
Boundaries come up a lot with my coaching clients. When you don’t intentionally establish and stick to clear boundaries, not only are you saying NO to YOURSELF (Gah!), but you also are minimizing your potential and the value you can provide to your team, company, family, the world.
A better route: get clear about what you want, figuring out the boundaries that will help you focus on that, and commit to enforcing those boundaries — across personal and work life. This means saying NO, more. Getting comfortable with people not liking the sound of NO.
NO gets easier with practice. And: the more clearly you can see your goal, the easier it is to stand strong when boundaries are violated.
What should you be saying NO to? How might you say YES to yourself more?