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" Imagine this: Someone from your kids&amp;#039; school asks you to organize the holiday party, but there&amp;#039;s no way you can fit it into your schedule without turning into a maniac. Stop stressing. Alice D. Domar, PhD, director of the Domar Center for Mind/Body Health in Massachusetts and coauthor of Live a Little, gives you four ways to say the simplest\u2014but most effective\u2014word in the English language: no.   1. &amp;quot;No&amp;quot; is a complete sentence. There&amp;#039;s really no further explanation needed\u2014you just can&amp;#039;t.   2. &amp;quot;No, because I&amp;#039;ve already agreed to run our church holiday bazaar.&amp;quot;   3. &amp;quot;No, but how about I bake some red and green cupcakes to donate?&amp;quot;   4. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m crazed right now, so can I get back to you tomorrow?&amp;quot; This gives you time to decide whether you want to do it, and if not, choose which one of the above reasons you plan to use. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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