Not My Monkey

Book excerpt: DESCRIPTION "No". A short but powerful word that determines if you will be a champion or a loser. Found in their vocabulary and used very often by the world's most successful. "No" is a complete sentence. It requires no further explanation. Not My Monkey is a life companion meant to guide you towards the achievement of your dreams. It seeks to enlighten on why you should start saying 'No' more often, refusing to own other people's drama. By discussing the what, why and how of developing boundaries in very simple terms, Not My Monkey motivates you to go out and start living a happier and more fulfilled life today. Do not procrastinate your happiness on the time table of others. Do not set yourself on fire to keep others warm. Filled with extremely practical, real life common-sense scenarios, Not My Monkey is the ultimate workbook to your New Year's resolutions. Systematically written with practical advice, every paragraph is poised to set the wheels of your game plan into motion. Part 1 exposes what differentiates Champions from Losers, those who go on to achieve their dreams from those who struggle all through life. If you thought saying 'No' was a luxury you could afford to live without, Part 2 will shock you into the awareness of what you are missing out on by saying no to saying 'No'. Part 3 bears the urban reader in mind as it uses language this generation is sure to understand to give directions on how to say 'no'. After reading Not My Monkey, you will find it easier to turn down requests that do not honor you or your time and values. You will spend time working on your own dreams, gaining more respect in the process. Kudos to you for picking this up. You are on the right path. Read, practice it, and thank me now. My prayer is that this book will be a harbinger of freedom for you. That you will finally see what is within the confines of your control and what is without. That when you finally begin to draw the line and stay within the sphere of the former, you would easily rid yourself of the burden of the latter. May you receive strength to proceed with grace as you begin to use the 'No' stamp to assign more value to yourself and your resources.