Come with me on an exploration of self-discovery.

On this podcast we decipher what really matters, as we unravel the chaos of day-to-day work

to learn how to build an essential life.

Welcome everyone to the What's Essential Podcast, I am your host Greg McEwan, and I am

just so excited to be with you today, because this is a subject that is relevant, I'm sure

for you right now.

But before we do that, let's take a moment, how are you feeling today?

We'll take a deep breath, be here.

How are you doing at saying no?

Do you struggle to say no?

I do, and if you do, then today is for you.

Because today you will learn how to say no gracefully, especially to the non-essential.

You'll learn why it matters so much, some guidelines for saying no gracefully, and some

specific language you can use to do this more gracefully.

So let's think about this, the power of a graceful no.

Let's go big for a moment, because no is a really non-trivial word.

The right no spoken at the right time can change the course of history.

Let's take a remarkable moment.

One of the turning points one could argue in modern history, perhaps the most famous no

of our times.

Rosa Parks, quiet but resolute, total refusal to give up her seat on the segregated Montgomery

bus at exactly the right moment coalesced into forces that propelled the civil rights movement.

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