The Teaching Space

Episode 41 of The Teaching Space Podcast explores some strategies to help teachers and trainers in saying “no”. Introduction This is the show I promised you in episode 37 - we will be exploring strategies for saying “no”. To avoid doubt we are focusing on saying “no” to colleagues when the right answer is “no” even though we feel like we should say “yes” and often do. Why Should We Say “No” Sometimes? If you Google “say no motivational quotes” you’ll find a whole heap of Instagram-worthy cheesiness answering this question. Normally I steer clear of this sort of thing but actually I found a few (un-attributed) crackers: Saying NO often means you can say YES to things that really matter. Sometimes you need to say NO to others to say YES to yourself. I thought these were so good I’ve made them into Instagram graphics for you to share as a reminder to yourself and others. Please free to use them in any way you like. You need not sign up to get them or anything - just right click and save the image. Here are m