How to Get Better at Saying No
Cara Says It All
Cara Alwill
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
I used to hate saying no to people, especially early on in my career. I felt like I was letting someone down, then I'd get in my head and wonder if I was missing out on an opportunity, or if people would perceive me as a bitch (funny how that men don't think this way, right?) Once I started evaluating my energy, everything changed. I now check in with myself regularly and ask myself how I'm feeling. Do I feel drained? Or do I feel energized? And if I'm drained, what's the cause? Typically it's because I'm overextending myself. In this episode, I'm sharing practical tips on how to start saying no to others so you can start saying yes to yourself. Grab a notebook, because you'll want to take notes!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi guys and welcome back to the show you are listening to style your minds and |
| 0:04.6 | I am your host Carol Allwell. I want you to think about the last time you |
| 0:10.2 | agreed to something and almost immediately in your gut knew that it was the wrong |
| 0:15.4 | decision. I know I've been there I'm sure you've been there too and I want to |
| 0:20.3 | talk about the power of no today because it is something that I used to |
| 0:24.3 | struggle with so much especially early on in my career. I felt like if I said no |
| 0:29.9 | to something I was going to let someone down I was going to be perceived as a |
| 0:34.6 | bitch just so interesting right because sure that men don't think that way but as |
| 0:39.0 | women we tend to be worried about what other people think of us right I would |
| 0:43.9 | be afraid that I was missing out on an opportunity that I was making the wrong |
| 0:48.0 | decision and I spent years overextending myself to people years and years and |
| 0:54.4 | years over extending myself to opportunity situations people thinking that I |
| 0:59.7 | was doing the right thing by saying yes when in reality saying yes to everyone |
| 1:04.3 | else really resulted in me saying no to myself. So I just wanted to have a little |
| 1:08.9 | discussion with you guys today and share this I did a post on Instagram this |
| 1:12.9 | morning and it's just blowing up and everybody is like oh my god I needed this |
| 1:16.7 | thank you and I thought why not jump on the podcast and talk about it in |
| 1:20.2 | depth and give you guys some tips if this is something that you struggle with I |
| 1:23.8 | want you to know that you're not alone this is something that so many people |
| 1:27.1 | struggle with it's not a bad thing but it's something that is totally |
| 1:30.3 | curable totally fixable something that we can really reprogram ourselves around |
| 1:35.3 | and start setting boundaries where we need to set boundaries one of the things |
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