India, May 1 -- Michelle Obama is defending her decision to skip Donald Trump's presidential inauguration. On Thursday's episode of The Diary of a CEO podcast, the former first lady explained that it helped her learn the "art of saying no."

"You know, as a box-checking person who has been checking her whole life, doing the right thing, trying to always be an example, always going high . I think I just told myself, 'I think I've done enough of that,' and if I haven't, then I never will," Michelle told Steven Bartlett. "It'll never be enough. So let me start now," she added, referencing her decision to snub Trump's inauguration in January.

However, the Becoming author admitted that she "basically tricked" herself into skipping the event b...