The Power of No

Today, I started reading an incredible book.

Today, I started reading an incredible book.

It’s called The Power of No and it’s by James Altucher and Claudia Azula Altucher. I would highly recommend it.

That isn’t the point of this piece, though: this is not a book review.

This is a story about the power of [saying] no. And great power, as always, comes with great responsibility — and implications.

A quick life lesson

Power is implicitly threatening.

When you have power, people will try to take it away from you.

Do not let them.

This is not a “story”; this is the reality of my experience.

This is not a “story”; I am not alone.

The fact that, however inadvertently, my experience lends itself to supporting — and perhaps even embodying — the book’s philosophy is poignant and “true”, but nonetheless secondary.

As I said, this is not a book review.

But what of the book in question?

It speaks of the bravery of saying “no”; an act that requires you not merely to stand up for what you believe in, but something much closer to home: who you are and wha…