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#HURDLEMOMENT: The Most Powerful Word You're Not Saying Enough

Hurdle

Emily Abbate

Health & Fitness

51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

No. No. No. No. No.

Feels good, doesn't it? There's so much power of owning your no. Fact: Saying "no" more means that you accept that you are in the driver's seat of your own life. But why is it so hard to use this little, two-letter word? In today's #hurdlemoment, I'm talking about how to get comfortable with turning things down—and even how to make using it a little bit easier. 

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0:00.0

I hate to give this away in the first 15 seconds of the pod, but today's hurdle moment is all

0:08.1

about the word, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Okay, I amused myself there. I said it. I've had

0:17.7

a really hard time coming into my power and saying no over the past two years.

0:24.0

And I'll wrap about that in just a minute. Before I do, my hurdle moment partner, Way of Life

0:30.3

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0:41.6

It's so, so soft. It's really breathable and has a relaxed, longer fit with a racer back that I'm

0:49.9

totally into. I'm stopping by their HQ and Tribeca today to pick up mine, and I think you've got to

0:55.9

check it out for yourself too. Go give them a look-see at Woloco.com. That's WOLA-C-O-L-A-C-O-C-O-C-com.

1:04.4

I remember back in episode 50 when I recorded with Nike Master Trainer and Wellness Consultant,

1:10.4

Joe Holder.

1:11.3

He said to me, the two most powerful words we have in our vocabulary are yes and no.

1:18.1

And the guy's right.

1:19.6

Still, so often we cave into the ease and familiarity of the word yes, even when it's not in our best interest.

1:29.7

Even when it actually makes things harder for us because we're so overly concerned about how no can make other people feel.

1:37.4

Reality check, guys, we all have the opportunity to own no, and we need to, period. In today's hurdle moment, I'm going to talk

1:47.7

about how to get comfortable with no and even how to make using it feel a little bit easier.

1:53.8

As always, at hurdle podcast, at Emily Abadi, and I'm always around via email. It's Emily at hurdle.us. With that, let's get to

2:05.4

hurtling.

2:15.3

The ability to say no more means that you accept that you're in the driver's seat of your own life.

2:22.3

It's powerful, right?

2:24.0

There's a big difference between the words, I can't and I won't.

2:28.6

When you say I can't, it's like using the word maybe, as if your decision's up for debate you're allowing yourself to make a

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