"No" is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you... Declining to hear "no" is a signal that someone is either seeking control or refusing to relinquish it.


The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence (ed. Dell Publishing Company, 1998)

Gavin de Becker Quotes

No is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you... Declining to hear no is a...

No is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you... Declining to hear no is a...

No is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you... Declining to hear no is a...

No is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you... Declining to hear no is a...