One of the hardest lessons I taught my students was an effective
way to tell me they disagreed with me, and why respectfully. All too often
students just want to go home and complain. I would teach my students that for
the rest of their lives they were going to have to talk with people in
authority positions – they needed to learn to respectfully disagree and provide
better information to support their reasoning in a disagreement. By doing this
it becomes possible for a dialogue to occur and it opens up potential for a
more positive decision making process. So often students think they can only
argue their point. What we are going to show is a method where an individual
can express themselves in negative situations and not become disagreeable. When
these lessons are learned, it tends to give a person more confidence and
improves their self-esteem. It helps them to establish boundaries and get
better control of their life.
Learning Techniques of
saying NO demonstrates the potential of reaching common goals without fighting
or learning that saying No won’t hurt your cool factor. Some people
call this negotiating 101. Every successful sales person learns how to get from
a NO to YES.
Click on the Links below to download 2 free Google Docs:
- Information Sheet -- Ways to Say No: This shows 12 techniques with examples https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B05-HzylpY78SmxWc3F2ajdUd2s/view?usp=sharing
- No Techniques -- Student Worksheet: This is a blank form for student to practice creating No statements.
