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Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman

Boundaries Expert: Handle Difficult People With Confidence and Clarity

Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman

Ramsey Network

Careers, Business, Self-improvement, Education

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Burned out at work? Get clarity on your next step with the Get Clear Career Assessment.   In this episode, Ken sits down with psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Henry Cloud. Learn why you don’t need confidence before you act, how to face fear in small steps so it stops controlling your life, and how to handle difficult people with clarity and conviction.   Connect With Our Sponsors: Head to Avocado Green Mattress today for $50 off adult mattresses with code FRONTROWSEAT. Get 20% off when you join DeleteMe. Try Quo for free, plus get 20% off your first six months. Quo: no missed calls, no missed customers.    Explore More From Ramsey Network: 🎙️ The Ramsey Show  📈 EntreLeadership 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 🍸 Smart Money Happy Hour 💰 George Kamel   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Okay, Henry, I'd love for you to tell our audience how a large naked man changed your life forever.

0:16.2

You really want that story?

0:17.4

I really want the story.

0:18.6

It's a great story.

0:19.7

It's a great story in a lot of ways because it can tell you you like, and what you need to learn in life is, you know, fear can limit your life. I mean, it can change the trajectory of your life. So I'm going to get short. I'm in the seventh grade. I'm doing a book report. I get flustered. I lost my notes. And then I got nervous. I got nervous about being nervous,

0:37.7

and I couldn't talk. And I kind of had a meltdown in front of the class, and the teacher stands up

0:43.0

and says, sit down. You know, you will never be successful in life if you can't do public speaking.

0:51.4

And she said, didn't you say maybe you want to go to law school one day?

0:55.0

You'll never be a longer.

0:56.0

And she literally said that, said, sit down and call next student up.

0:59.0

And I was traumatized.

1:01.0

And literally, and I'm not kidding about this, from the seventh grade through high school,

1:08.0

through college, through graduate school, I wouldn't, if ever got asked to speak, I just wouldn't do it. I don't do that. And so I'm floating along, and I go into practice. I'm in my 20s. And I'd get asked to speak all the time. You know, organizations, churches, I go, no, I don't do that. So I go to the gym one day, I'm working out. I actually used to go to the gym, believe it. And this big naked guy walks up to me on the way to the showers. And he was large. I mean, this big naked guy. He played for the rounds, actually. Wow.

1:48.2

And so he walks up to me and he says, are you a Christian?

1:53.1

Now, when's the last time big naked guy walked up to you next year?

1:54.7

I said, yeah?

1:57.8

He said, well, God just told me to tell you something.

2:18.8

And I'm like, well, I'm also a psychologist, and I can make those voices go away. We know how to do that. Right? And I said, no, I'm serious. I'm a pastor. I'm not crazy. But God just told me to tell you something. And I said, what church? And he told me. And I said, that's real church. Okay, I listen. So we go next door.

2:25.0

We got dressed first. We went next door. That's great. And he said this. He said, God told me,

2:31.3

when you were a kid, something bad happened to you. Wow. When you were speaking,

2:36.5

and since then, you've been afraid to do it, and you haven't done it.

2:44.1

And I'm like, and then he said, and God said, he wants you to begin speaking for him,

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