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Setting Your Bottom Line
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Setting Your Bottom Line

Some great ways to say “No”—without having to be so blunt about it.

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Eric Beaty
Jul 15, 2025
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This entry is a bit more personal in nature, hence the paywall. Inside, I go in-depth about issues I faced at the time regarding relations with customers and business practices, if you’re interested.

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Excerpted from my Raymond Waites Morning Pages journal on March 29, 2016

This week’s tasks are pretty tough. I think I’m only going to focus on #4 and 1. #4 deals with setting my “Bottom Line” list. I’m supposed to list five of my most painful behaviours.

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