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Feb 2024
42m 46s

How to Say No Without Feeling Bad About ...

JONATHAN FIELDS
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*Coaches & Leaders: Tap a Game-Changing Credential - The Certified Sparketype® Advisor Training. Next Training starts March 2024. Why do we feel so bad when we say no to people? Even to complete strangers who request our time, advice or even money out of the blue? What’s going on there? What is the deeper psychology of our inability to comfortably and shame ... Show More
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