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10 Reasons Saying No Can Increase Your Happiness

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During one of my talks about entrepreneurship and moving away from corporate life when I was speaking to a group of women with corporate jobs, one topic brought a unanimous nodding in the room. I was surprised to see this strong reaction on a straight-forward and simple point on reasons to say no and to say it so well that it comes across as good as a yes!

After the talk, I stayed to talk to some of these women. One of them was a busy doctor, with kids and all the usual responsibilities. She was going to school to get her MBA and on top of this, she could not bring herself to say no to the various volunteer efforts her friends and community asked her to do.

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I was shaking my head just hearing this. “As busy as you are, you have every right to say no!”, I reminded her as though it wasn’t obvious enough to her already. [Read more…] about 10 Reasons Saying No Can Increase Your Happiness

8 Morning Affirmations You Should Say Before Getting Up

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Affirmations work wonders. They calm your body, release stress and give you large doses of confidence and happiness. Especially positive affirmations first thing in the morning!

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Reminder: You can still grab The Positive Affirmations for Life program with more than 4 hours of audio affirmations for 7 life situations that impact your happiness and success the most including the extended morning affirmation tracks.

First, a quick definition for affirmations because I had no idea what they were not too long ago: [Read more…] about 8 Morning Affirmations You Should Say Before Getting Up

Episode 101: 3 Steps to Know When to End Things

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Why We Need to End Even A Good Thing

Welcome to Episode 101 and the final episode for The Daily Interaction show. Today’s topic is why and how we need to end even good things in life. You know that nagging voice in the back of your head that says you need to get out of something, or do something else with your time? Everything may be going great in your business, or your relationship, or even your job, and a part of you just stops being totally into it. That’s when the voice in your head starts talking louder and louder.

If you ignore the voice, it will keep harassing you until you listen. You cannot continue ignoring your inner voice without consequences. I ignored my inner voice for years when I was at corporate – and finally, I was able to get out of that job and into my business because the voice got louder and louder.

You have inner wisdom. You know best what’s right for you. In that example, my inner voice knew that I am not made for a corporate career, and I was meant to walk the entrepreneurship path – and it was right. [Read more…] about Episode 101: 3 Steps to Know When to End Things

Episode 100: Making Positive Life Changes with Leon “The Encourager” Bullard

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Making Positive Change with Little-Known Communication Secrets

“As is a tale, so is life. Not how long it is but how good it is that matters.”
~Seneca

Welcome to Episode #100 of The Daily Interaction Show and to my conversation with a gracious grace, Leon “The Encourager” Bullard on how to make positive change first in your life and then in the life of others.

If you can communicate it well enough, you can have anything you want in life.
~The Daily Interaction Show

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