1080: How to Say No When the World Demands Yes with Dr. Sunita Sah

We often think that, oh, I'm gonna upset someone, I'm gonna lose a relationship, I'm gonna lose my job even. We don't think so much about the costs of compliance, which can be significant, this tension, this anxiety, this stress, it can keep us up at night, it can lead to sort of chronic inflammation, burnout, dissatisfaction, so many things. Whereas if we can live in alignment with our values, that tension dissipates, we feel more joy. We feel more authentic and ultimately it's a more honest life.

That's Dr. Sunita Sa. She's an award-winning professor at Cornell who leads groundbreaking research on influence, authority, compliance, and defiance. She's also the best-selling author of Defy, the power of no in a world that demands yes. So you'll learn one, the powerful force that makes saying no so difficult, two, how to disagree while still being a team player, and three, a super sentence to make defiance easier.

And if you want a quick summary write-up of these actionable takeaways, I recommend you sign up for the free gold nugget email newsletter found at awesomeatyourjob.com. I'm Pete McKaidis. This is How to Be Awesome at Your Job. And now, here's Sunita. Sanita, welcome!

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