Elyse Wanshel is a reporter for HuffPost, based in New York. She previously worked as a humor/nightlife columnist for the Miami New Times and misses Cuban coffee and croquetas dearly.
Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Sofía Vergara, Naomi Watts and Anna Sawai — the dramatic actors were asked, “What do you wish somebody had called and told you …right now in your career or at the beginning of your careers?”“You can say no,” the “True Detective” star said a little over five minutes into the conversation. “For whatever reason I didn’t know that when I was young, that I can say no.”“That’s what’s good about this new generation is they’re very comfortable with saying no .
“In extreme people-pleasing cases, too many yeses may lead to depression or manifest itself by affecting your physical health in different and sometimes surprising ways that seem unrelated and unexplained — headaches, hair loss or sleeplessness,”The experts told HuffPost that the best way to build confidence in saying no is to practice by rejecting small things.
“Start by looking for two opportunities this week to say no to small things in your life,” said Aziz Gazipura, a confidence coach and author. “You can practice when a retail worker asks if you want to open up a store credit card or when the server tries to push an expensive bottle of wine on you.”“Just like hitting the gym, the first few weeks might be hard and you may feel resistance to doing it,” Gazipura said.
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