Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos

How to Stop People Pleasing

Episode Summary

Do you have a hard time saying “no”? Accommodate everyone else, maybe even at the expense of your own needs? You’re not alone. We want to be liked and we hate disappointing people. People-pleasing is prominent, and if we want to live a fulfilling life, we need to curb that need to say “yes” all the time. Listen to this short, snappy episode on how to own what you want and avoid people-pleasing your way through life.

Episode Notes

Tangible Takeaways:

Remember where people pleasing often comes from - desiring for everything and everyone to be ok. First, acknowledge that you’re stuck in an accommodation cycle.
When people give you something or compliment you, receive it with gratitude.
Own what you want - it’s ok to ask for what you want!
No is a complete sentence that doesn’t require an explanation. Practice saying no diplomatically, and remind yourself you don’t need to bend backwards to explain why not.

About me:
Karen Laos, Communication Expert and Confidence Cultivator, leverages 25 years in the boardroom and speaking on the world’s most coveted stages such as Google and NASA to transform missed opportunities into wins. She is fiercely committed to her mission of eradicating self-doubt in 10 million women by giving them practical strategies to ask for what they want in the boardroom and beyond. She guides corporations and individuals with her tested communication model to generate consistent results through her Leadership Presence Keynote: How to Be an Influential Communicator.

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