It's an incendiary quote (and title), and instinctively counter-intuitive, but the thrust of the article is that "no" can be very instructive and beneficial when you learn from it.
It's through adversity that people grow the most, not when life is going smoothly (although that's when the work gets done).
It's through adversity that people grow the most, not when life is going smoothly (although that's when the work gets done).