Power of no: Turning down opportunities to get ahead

Turning down an opportunity isn’t a negative move — it’s an active decision and can be rewarding personally, according to author Abigail Headon. She talks to Marjorie Brennan.

In a world in which we are constantly switched on, where being busy is seen as a badge of honour and we are exhorted to be positive at all times, the word ‘no’ doesn’t always come easy. In her new book The Power of No, Abigail Headon encourages people to stop and think before they say yes to everything.