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Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 878 with Vanessa Patrick.

If you have ever had the experience of being reluctant to say no, saying yes is something you really didn't want to do,

then being upset that you didn't frustrated and annoyed and resentful and all that stuff of Vanessa has got the goods to help you say no well,

preserve the relationship and so much good stuff.

So you'll learn one, the three competencies of an empowered refusal to what to do if someone's being pushy,

and three, why it's actually better for your reputation to say no.

So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items that we've referenced,

please visit us over at awesometyourjob.com slash ep878.

And while you're there, check out some of our great stuff, such as the Golden Nugget email list,

which gives you a summary write up of the actionable takeaway wisdom bits.

Each of our guests have shared a K A Golden Nugget, if you will.

We send those to your email right when the episode goes out and when you subscribe,

you also unlock access to this archive of 878 of these Golden Nuggets over at awesometyourjob.com.

Now here's a little bit about Vanessa.

Vanessa Patrick, PhD is the associate dean for research, the Bauer professor of marketing,

and lead faculty of the executive women and leadership program at the Bauer School of Business at the University of Houston.

She has a PhD in business from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles,

and she's the author of the power of saying no, the new science of how to say no

that puts you in charge of your life.

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