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The Marie Forleo Podcast

18: How to Back Out Gracefully: The Art of Saying No After You've Said Yes

The Marie Forleo Podcast

Marie Forleo

Education, Self-improvement

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

How to say no when you've already committed to something -- it's definitely a sticky situation. It doesn't have to be awkward, though. In this episode, you'll learn how to gracefully back out of something you've already said yes to -- and why being honest is always the best idea. Honesty is the best solution for cleaning up a sticky situation. @MarieForleo

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Marie Forlio, and this is the Marie Forlio podcast.

0:03.7

If you want to talk about your business, your life, your health, your relationships, and even more,

0:08.8

I gotta tell you, you are in the right place.

0:10.9

We do it all with humor and heart, so let's dive in. Oh Marie. Can you tell me? Answer please. Oh, baby. Oh baby, baby. Can you help me? Help me. Help me. Hey Marie.

0:31.3

Yeah, Marie. This is Q&A Tuesday.

0:40.0

This is Q&A Tuesday.

0:42.0

I gotta keep it interesting.

0:42.9

You know what I'm saying?

0:43.8

So today's question comes from Kelly, and she writes.

0:47.3

Hi, Marie, a local civic group I'm involved with

0:49.8

asked me to write curriculum for a girls mentorship program. I agreed because I was only

0:54.3

going to school and working part-time and I thought I had enough time to do a great job.

0:59.0

But since then I was offered a great full-time job and between that school, the internship associated

1:05.6

with my school program, I'm burned out.

1:08.2

I barely see my friends and family.

1:10.2

My waistline is steadily growing and that damn curriculum is staring me down in the face.

1:15.5

I don't want to flake on a commitment I've made and potentially harm my professional reputation,

1:20.4

but I'm completely overwhelmed.

1:23.0

How do you know when to suck it up and try harder or to call it quits?

1:26.8

Greatfully, Kelly, this is an awesome question,

1:30.5

something all of us can relate to.

1:32.1

I don't know anybody who hasn't

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