The Black Effect presents Family Therapy and I'm your host Elliot Connie.

Jay is the woman in this dynamic who is currently co-parenting two young boys with her former partner David.

David, he is a leader.

He just don't want to leave me.

But how do you lead a woman?

How do you lead in a relationship?

Like, what's the blue part?

David, you just ask the most important question.

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Good morning.

This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to say no for a while. Taking something off your plate for a little bit can be a

temporary step to chucking it for good or seeing if you'd like to keep doing it

after all.

Today's tip like some others this week

comes from Laura May Martin's new book, Up Time.

Martin is Google's productivity guru, coaching executives there on how to be more efficient

with their schedules. Martin notes that there is much to the common productivity advice to say no

more often. But if you work in a big corporate environment where you need to be seen as a team player,

you might want to shape that no in a way that keeps your relationship strong.

So how might you do that?

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