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Are our fears of saying ‘no’ overblown?

  • Written by Julian Givi, Assistant Professor of Marketing, West Virginia University
imageWe can be unduly hard on ourselves as we grapple with the implications of declining an invitation.Yifei Fang/Moment via Getty Images

Everyone has been there. You get invited to something that you absolutely do not want to attend – a holiday party, a family cookout, an expensive trip. But doubts and anxieties creep into your head as you weigh...

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