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The meaning of no

Published: Friday, 01 February 2013

No doesn't mean…

I hate you.

You suck.

Your project is stupid.

You're not good enough.

You're wasting your time on your project.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Your family should be ashamed of you.

You're arrogant.

You're a publicity whore.

You're fake.

Your work sucks.

I don't know how you got so far in life with that.

 

No just means no.

About Me

Marita ChengForbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.

I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.

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