Are You Ready for Bedtime?

This inability to say no stems from the same thinking that prevents us from asking for what we really want. This belief is rooted in our perceptions of other people's perceptions about us. We are torn between exercising our authority and saying whatever takes to maintain the relationship with the other side. The first strategy i'll call the doormat technique. So this is when we say yes even when we don't want to. And then the person that you accommodated with the weak yes is upset because you did a bad job. They think, how can quami do something like this? I thought he was good at this. You know. Can't he do better?"