Deep Dive Series: The Power of No Using Body Truths
By Tana M. Mann Easton, Lead Efficiency Engineer
Marie Forleo recently interviewed Seth Godin on her podcast, and they were talking about how they discern what to say yes and no to. They both receive a large number of requests for speaking engagements, collaborations, and numerous other projects. Marie said that she tries each request on energetically and feels how her body reacts. She’ll imagine saying yes, and if she feels dread, heaviness, or any sort of contraction in her body, then she’ll decline the offer, no matter how attractive it may be on paper. Seth said he remembers that dread has two flavors. The first is dread of lost opportunity. If he feels a dread of missing out on an offer, then he’ll say yes. The second is dread coupled with fatigue or a feeling that the subject matter isn’t interesting to him. If he feels that second dread, then he says no. Both of them imagine trying the request on for size, and if their body truth says the offer doesn’t fit, then they reject it. If you’re ever struggling on whether to say yes or no to a request, try it on energetically and see what your body truth communicates to you.
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