Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

I'd like to share one of my favorite quotes with you today. It's an oldie. It's often been attributed to different sources

But from my research, Sir David Frost said this

He said, the art of diplomacy

is the art of letting the other person have your way.

I love this. I actually just had a speech speaking about the art of self-advocating and I shared

a lot of potential openers that you could use for a conversation where you need to communicate your needs.

And what we discussed was the importance of being diplomatic. I think one of the reasons we don't speak up for ourselves, we don't use our voice, we don't

communicate what it is that we need, right? What we desire is because we're worried will be

misunderstood, we're worried will be misunderstood, we're worried will we seem as loud or

domineering or aggressive, or we think people might not like us, we think it's too risky,

and so as a result, we say nothing at all right we'll

often just put up with a status quo we won't always share our ideas we

won't advocate for our own needs. But my friends, when it comes to using your voice, asking

questions, sharing your ideas, requesting what it is that you need.

Using your voice and advocating for yourself is not only appropriate,

it's also generous.

When someone uses their voice, especially a woman, we show other people

how it's done. We show that it can be done and that we have the courage to do it. That's why I say again and

again in my books, we need real life role models, people to show us the way.

And if advocating for yourself

is something that you need to do right now,

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