860: What’s Stopping You from Saying Yes?

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

When given the opportunity to try something new, unfamiliar, or uncomfortable, it’s often easier to say NO than YES. It’s typically pretty easy to justify your NO, too. Nope, I’m too busy right now. Nope, that sounds terrifying. Nope, I’m just not ready yet. For some, NO is a default that prevents critical growth. But, every NO has a cost. When you say NO are you considering all that you’re saying NO to? Often your NO to an opportunity is also a NO to growth, excitement, validation, affirmation, a new level of success, a new skill, new relationships, and an enhanced sense of self. When you look at what’s stopping you from saying YES, it is likely self-limiting thoughts, uncomfortable emotions or feelings, and/or limited resources. These can all be very valid objections to missing out on an opportunity. But, sometimes it is well worth pushing back on your thoughts, feelings, emotions, and even resource limitations to consider the value of saying YES while recognizing all the possibilities and potential that this YES could carry. In this episode, you will have a chance to take a close look at what’s stopping you from saying YES and how you can get out of your own way to make choices that invite growth, advance success, and amplify your sense of self in significant ways. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 860. Show notes for this episode, including any links
0:06.1	mentioned in the episode, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 860.
0:16.1	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other passionate,
0:22.3	driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead more
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0:38.5	with other shameless moms just like you. You can find us over at shamelessmom.com forward slash
0:44.2	Facebook. All right. Let's dive into today's episode.
0:53.5	Hello, shameless moms.
0:55.0	Happy Monday. I'm recording this on a day where there is not a cloud in the sky.
1:00.0	And it's also falling after a sequence of days where there's been not a cloud in the sky.
1:05.0	So it's like the great spring fake out. And I think that other places around the country,
1:10.0	maybe around the world, are experiencing
1:12.1	this as we get into this time of year where it seems like spring is here. But if you live in a
1:16.7	place like Seattle, it's a total fake out. Like it's going to be really sunny for a few days. And then
1:21.8	it'll pour rain for like two or three more months. So as I'm recording today, it is sunny and
1:26.9	gorgeous. And oh my goodness, it feels so lovely to have spring weather. as I'm recording today, it is sunny and gorgeous and oh my goodness,
1:28.3	it feels so lovely to have spring weather. And I'm definitely feeling that in my energy as I've
1:34.1	moved through the last few days. So it just feels really good coming out of the dark, cold,
1:38.7	damp winter days. Today I want to talk about what is stopping you from saying yes. And this is one of those things
1:45.2	that I woke up in the middle of the night, not in the middle of the night. I woke up this morning,
1:48.2	but early before my alarm. And I was thinking through different things to talk about on the podcast.
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