Boundaries

Henry Cloud and John Townsend · Guidance on knowing when to say yes or no and taking control of your life.

4 people say it helped them, in their own words on Hacker News.

What people said

The book Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud and John Townsend is what helped me work through this.

Learn to set boundaries with people. It was easy for me to think I was just being "nice" when in reality I was just bad at setting boundaries.

helped me to step back from taking responsibilities for people & things that are not mine. It also helped me to face choices I’ve made.

"Boundaries" helped me learn that it's actually good to be able to say no to some things. I used to feel that if I didn't say yes to everything, that made me a bad person.

What people got from it AI summary

Best if you confuse being nice with having boundaries and take on others' responsibilities.

• Taught boundary setting
• Ended over-responsibility for others
• Faced own choices

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Practical tools · 272 pages

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