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Nick Pollard

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Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

Right. Sure. Um, so, um, If you're truly in a moment, so number one, speaking of another person that's a coach that doesn't know they're my coach, Tim Ferriss, says that there's no such thing as an emergency. And I fully agree with that sentiment. There's almost no reason we need a decision right now unless it's life or death.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

Right. Sure. Um, so, um, If you're truly in a moment, so number one, speaking of another person that's a coach that doesn't know they're my coach, Tim Ferriss, says that there's no such thing as an emergency. And I fully agree with that sentiment. There's almost no reason we need a decision right now unless it's life or death.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

Right. Sure. Um, so, um, If you're truly in a moment, so number one, speaking of another person that's a coach that doesn't know they're my coach, Tim Ferriss, says that there's no such thing as an emergency. And I fully agree with that sentiment. There's almost no reason we need a decision right now unless it's life or death.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

So if somebody's pushing on something and you're uncomfortable, the answer is it needs to be a default of no. Now that's really hard. Um, so that there's, there's two things that you have to remember in those moments. The first thing is no feeling is no feeling is permanent and they're almost never fatal.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

So if somebody's pushing on something and you're uncomfortable, the answer is it needs to be a default of no. Now that's really hard. Um, so that there's, there's two things that you have to remember in those moments. The first thing is no feeling is no feeling is permanent and they're almost never fatal.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

So if somebody's pushing on something and you're uncomfortable, the answer is it needs to be a default of no. Now that's really hard. Um, so that there's, there's two things that you have to remember in those moments. The first thing is no feeling is no feeling is permanent and they're almost never fatal.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

It's okay that your shoulders hunch forward. It's okay that your eyes well up and you don't know what to do. It's okay that you're overwhelmed. It's okay you have butterflies in your stomach. It's okay that your jaw is clenched up and you just want to fight. That's all okay.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

It's okay that your shoulders hunch forward. It's okay that your eyes well up and you don't know what to do. It's okay that you're overwhelmed. It's okay you have butterflies in your stomach. It's okay that your jaw is clenched up and you just want to fight. That's all okay.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

It's okay that your shoulders hunch forward. It's okay that your eyes well up and you don't know what to do. It's okay that you're overwhelmed. It's okay you have butterflies in your stomach. It's okay that your jaw is clenched up and you just want to fight. That's all okay.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

and if you can just remember that it's okay and without it you cannot be courageous you can never call yourself brave if you're not afraid then you can immediately start to rewire the thought in your head it's like first when i feel afraid what does it mean i'm afraid that's all it means it doesn't mean anything it just means i'm afraid right am i gonna die probably not um

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

and if you can just remember that it's okay and without it you cannot be courageous you can never call yourself brave if you're not afraid then you can immediately start to rewire the thought in your head it's like first when i feel afraid what does it mean i'm afraid that's all it means it doesn't mean anything it just means i'm afraid right am i gonna die probably not um

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

and if you can just remember that it's okay and without it you cannot be courageous you can never call yourself brave if you're not afraid then you can immediately start to rewire the thought in your head it's like first when i feel afraid what does it mean i'm afraid that's all it means it doesn't mean anything it just means i'm afraid right am i gonna die probably not um

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

the two seconds between a decision and the words make a big difference so um in the in the game of no that we talked about earlier so you have 90 seconds like you give them 90 seconds you only really need two really you only need two

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

the two seconds between a decision and the words make a big difference so um in the in the game of no that we talked about earlier so you have 90 seconds like you give them 90 seconds you only really need two really you only need two

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

the two seconds between a decision and the words make a big difference so um in the in the game of no that we talked about earlier so you have 90 seconds like you give them 90 seconds you only really need two really you only need two

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

Um, so if somebody is really pressuring you or somebody is really pushing on a boundary, give yourself two seconds, two seconds, one, two, and then speak whatever comes out, whatever comes out.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

Um, so if somebody is really pressuring you or somebody is really pushing on a boundary, give yourself two seconds, two seconds, one, two, and then speak whatever comes out, whatever comes out.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

Um, so if somebody is really pressuring you or somebody is really pushing on a boundary, give yourself two seconds, two seconds, one, two, and then speak whatever comes out, whatever comes out.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

It can be vitriol. It can be sunshine and rainbows. It can be an, I love you. It's a great way to diffuse a boundary conversation, by the way, just, I love you.

Modern Wisdom
#884 - Nick Pollard - How To Stop Being Such A People Pleaser

It can be vitriol. It can be sunshine and rainbows. It can be an, I love you. It's a great way to diffuse a boundary conversation, by the way, just, I love you.