Comments on: Taking on the Work of Others http://www.womenonbusiness.com/taking-on-the-work-of-others/ Leading Site for Business Women Around the World Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:43:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Casey Dawes http://www.womenonbusiness.com/taking-on-the-work-of-others/#comment-2370 Casey Dawes Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:18:18 +0000 http://www.womenonbusiness.com/?p=2286#comment-2370 As a small business coach working primarily with women, I see this a lot. And, it extends further. Not only do women take the responsibility for other people's work, they take responsibility for other people's feelings. I've seen women negotiate by giving the other person what they think they want, even before the other person asks for it! This frequently backfires, particularly when the other partner is a male, as that isn't their negotiating style. Often the woman winds up with less than she wanted. The really important question to ask yourself before you open your mouth is, "Who's responsibility is this work, thought, feeling, etc." Casey Dawes Wise Woman Shining www.WiseWomanShining.com As a small business coach working primarily with women, I see this a lot. And, it extends further. Not only do women take the responsibility for other people’s work, they take responsibility for other people’s feelings. I’ve seen women negotiate by giving the other person what they think they want, even before the other person asks for it! This frequently backfires, particularly when the other partner is a male, as that isn’t their negotiating style. Often the woman winds up with less than she wanted.

The really important question to ask yourself before you open your mouth is, “Who’s responsibility is this work, thought, feeling, etc.”
Casey Dawes
Wise Woman Shining
http://www.WiseWomanShining.com

]]> By: Cindy Morris http://www.womenonbusiness.com/taking-on-the-work-of-others/#comment-2369 Cindy Morris Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:20:30 +0000 http://www.womenonbusiness.com/?p=2286#comment-2369 Saying "NO" when "NO" needs to be said can be THE most empowering thing a woman can do to support herself in business AND the business of life. I have dedicated an entire chapter to SETTING BOUNDARIES and the power of learning to say "NO" in my book Priestess Entrepreneur: Success is an Inside Job. Sometimes just saying "NO" buys you time to make a more balanced and sane choice for yourself. I say YAY to NAY! Cindy Morris, msw http://PriestessEntrepreneur.com/products.html Saying “NO” when “NO” needs to be said can be THE most empowering thing a woman can do to support herself in business AND the business of life.
I have dedicated an entire chapter to SETTING BOUNDARIES and the power of learning to say “NO” in my book Priestess Entrepreneur: Success is an Inside Job. Sometimes just saying “NO” buys you time to make a more balanced and sane choice for yourself.
I say YAY to NAY!

Cindy Morris, msw
http://PriestessEntrepreneur.com/products.html

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