The Real Reason You Can't Say "No" (and How to Fix It)
It’s 4:45 PM on a Friday. A coworker rushes over with a last-minute request, needing your help on a project that’s due Monday morning. You feel your shoulders tense up, your stomach sinks, but before you can even think, you hear the words spilling out of your mouth: "Of course, no problem at all!" You tell yourself this makes you a good person. A helpful colleague. A reliable friend. But what if I told you that this impulse to say yes isn't really a choice? What if it's a psychological trap, one that was set for you the moment you were born? For your entire life, you've been conditioned to say 'yes.' You’ve been rewarded for being compliant and subtly punished when you weren’t. In this video, we’re going to pull back the curtain on the hidden forces that have trained you to be so agreeable. We’ll unpack the deep-seated psychology of people-pleasing that started in your childhood, and more importantly, give you the tools to finally, confidently, and u...
