Saying No to a Salesman
Connected me to my power.
No can be a Yes. If the No is an authentic one. No to someone else’s agenda, and Yes to yourself.
Decades passed without me really being able to vocalize my wants. Finally, it happened today.
A young, driven entrepreneur made a sales pitch for a program in which I was interested but overqualified, and I did not want to spend money on it.
Usually, I would have listened to him and ended the deal with a follow-up email the next day. But this time, at the end of our meeting, I told him I would give him my decision, and it would be now. I told him I am not signing up.
He didn’t give up — he kept trying. I kept saying no in different ways. Soon it became funny as I watched him try to sell his product, and it didn’t convince me any more than before.
In the past, I would’ve somehow felt obliged to cave in. No longer. Too much pain, too much suffering through the years. The hunter will always keep hunting. People who feel scarce will always try to get something from you. And in doing so, they never really understand you or themselves.
I am out of that game. I am neither the hunter nor the hunted. Perhaps just the witness. Because I am in touch with my authentic self — the core that tells me exactly what I need and…
