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The Jefferson Fisher Podcast

3 Steps to Say the Hard Thing

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast

Civility Media

Self-improvement, Relationships, Society & Culture, Education

4.98.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Join me on Supercast for ad-free episodes, bonus content, and monthly AMAs:⁠ https://jefferson.supercast.com/⁠ There’s a conversation you’ve been avoiding—and it’s already costing you more than you think. In this episode, I’m breaking down why not saying the hard thing is shaping your relationships in ways you don’t even realize. When you avoid the truth, you keep everyone stuck in a version of reality that isn’t real. I’ll walk you through a simple, practical way to have difficult conversations with clarity, confidence, and respect—without overexplaining or softening the message. Order The Next Conversation Workbook: https://www.jeffersonfisher.com/workbook Thank you to our sponsors: Cozy Earth. Upgrade Your Every Day. Get 20% off at cozyearth.com/jefferson or use code JEFFERSON at check out. Monarch Money. 50% off your first year at https://monarchmoney.com/jefferson Notion. Try Custom Agents now at https://notion.com/jefferson  BetterHelp. Click https://betterhelp.com/jeffersonfisher for a discount on your first month of therapy. Order my book, The Next Conversation, or listen to the full audiobook today. Like what you hear? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a 5-star review! Suggest a topic or ask a question for me to answer on the show!  Want a FREE communication tip each week? Click here to join my newsletter.  Join My School of Communication Watch my podcast on YouTube  Follow me on Instagram  Follow me on TikTok Follow me on LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's somebody who's listening to this right now and needs to have a conversation that they've been avoiding.

0:07.1

And I'm going to tell you, and the point of this episode is, if you're choosing not to have the conversation, then you're choosing the result that you're getting.

0:18.0

There's not going to be some aha moment in this episode. What this episode is going to give

0:23.6

you as a perspective and the courage to say the thing that you've been avoiding, that angst,

0:32.9

that thought that you want to say something, and all of a sudden it just makes your stomach

0:36.9

churn.

0:38.1

I have had difficult conversations like you so many times in my life.

0:43.9

And the perspective that I'm going to give you is one that I use every day when I have to

0:48.5

give hard advice.

0:51.3

I need to give a hard truth to my legal clients or I need to say something to a judge or to a jury.

0:58.7

And there's a process in which I go through in my mind that I want to share with you.

1:03.9

So listening to this episode is going to give you the, I want to put some air in your balloon.

1:11.1

I want to put some air in your lungs that's going to encourage you today.

1:14.3

All that more coming up.

1:16.3

Welcome to the Jefferson Fisher podcast where I'm on a mission to make your next conversation

1:20.3

the one that changes everything.

1:21.8

Wherever you're listening, it would mean a great deal to me that if you would press

1:24.9

the button that says subscribe, press the button that says subscribe, press the buttons

1:28.0

that says subscribe or like or comment, what it does is tell wherever you're listening that

1:33.7

this is good quality content. And that's my promise that wherever you're listening,

1:37.8

if you listen to these episodes and subscribe, I'm going to make you a better communicator.

1:43.0

Thank you very much. Before we keep going, I want to take a moment to tell you about Cozy Earth. Not only is Cozy Earth one of my favorite sponsors of this podcast. I'm also wearing their shoes, their house shoes in particular, right at this very moment. That's how much I like Cozy Earth. Not only do I like their house shoes, which Sierra's like, my wife, is like,

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