1629: The Power of No by Chikodi Chima with NirAndFar on How To Get Clear & Focus on Your Goals

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🗓️ 27 May 2020

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Chikodi Chima with Nir And Far shares the power of no. Episode 1629: The Power of No by Chikodi Chima with NirAndFar on How To Get Clear & Focus on Your Goals Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir’s writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include: Eventbrite, Product Hunt, Pantry, Marco Polo, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, Symphony Commerce, Worklife (acquired by Cisco) and Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn). Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University. The original post is located here: https://www.nirandfar.com/2013/09/the-power-of-no.html Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1629, the power of no butchikadi-chema with nearandfar.com
0:08.1	and I'm just a mall like the guy who's been reading articles, book excerpts, even student essays to
0:12.9	you every day including holidays for over four years covering personal development or self-help,
0:18.5	how to live a better life, and a lot more. It's always with permission from the authors or websites.
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0:27.9	Today's post being from a guest writer on near a all-site, so let's get right to it and start
0:32.9	optimizing your life. The power of no butchikadi-chema with nearandfar.com
0:44.3	Sirens were beautiful creatures from Greek mythology who lowered sailors to their death.
0:49.8	The power of their song was so irresistible it caused captains to steer their boats into the rocks
0:54.9	and drown. We are also seduced daily by ideas that sound great at first but may leave us shipwrecked
1:01.4	unless we have the power to say no. Investor Mark Suster recently warned about the perils of
1:06.7	shining new objects. Everything you say yes to is incrementally one more thing to support
1:11.7	and you die a death by a thousand cuts, he says. Quote, my strongly believe that your success will be
1:17.8	more defined by what you choose not to do than by what you choose to do. Of course, what you choose
1:23.8	to do has to be meaningful, timely, valuable, prescient, and high quality end quote.
1:30.3	Why we say yes when we mean no? Michael Hyatt says there are three common responses to people who
1:36.6	ask us to do things we don't want to do. Number one accommodation. We say yes when we want to say no.
1:42.9	This usually comes when we value the relationship of the person making the request above the importance
1:48.0	of our own interests. Number two, attack. We say no poorly. This is a result of valuing our own
1:55.3	interests above the importance of the relationship. Sometimes we are fearful or resentful of the
2:00.3	request and overreact to the person asking. For three avoidance. We say nothing at all because we
2:07.5	are afraid of offending the other party. We say nothing hoping the problem will go away. It rarely
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