Kelly Nolan

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1,389 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 10 Aug

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The Bright Method Podcast: Realistic Time Management and Productivity for Working Women & Working Moms · 145. Push Back – And Let the Wrong People Leave; "You're Going to Disappoint People, and It's Still Worth It." · 27 Jul 2026 podcast

It was a work lifestyle that suited my preferences, as I shared.

And it streamlined those workflows in that area of the law, which made my practice sure more efficient, but like ease-filled.

Ease was like really what was appealing to me.

And so that's just more my point on this first point, is, you know, my question is what if

Pushing back makes the wrong people leave and the right people stay, making your overall workload more enjoyable.

You know, pushback doesn't have to be a one-size-fits-all approach.

You can employ it strategically and in a targeted way.

The second point, though, is a little different, but I think also really important is that I suspect that pushback filters out the people you don't want to work with anyway.

For example, a woman that I worked with was on a board of an organization, and in, you know, in addition to her professional

and personal commitments.

And as she worked through the Bright Method program, she gained a whole new level of cre clarity around her workload and what she could agree to and on what timeline and all of that, given her capacity constraints that we all have.

We all have our own capacity constraints.

And the Borcher didn't like it.

You know, he reached out with a new request, she pushed back on just the timeline, and he really laid in her.

Telling her that you know, people in this role needed to be more committed, that if she couldn't do this, she couldn't be on the board, uh blah blah blah.

And her response essentially, you know, I don't remember the exact words was, okay, I don't think this board is the right fit for me.

You can take me off the board.

Pushback makes people show you their true colors.

And the earlier you can figure that out, the better, in my opinion.

Now I just want to say that I totally get that these conversations don't usually feel good in the moment, like in the relative short term moment.

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