I ask friends with special skills to help me from time to time. In return I help them with things I know how to do. If they ask for too much I simply explain th

I ask friends with special skills to help me from time to time. In return I help them with things I know how to do. If they ask for too much I simply explain that what they want will be too time consuming, is out of my area of expertise, or that I don’t have enough free time at the moment. It’s usually not difficult to tell someone no.