Do Yourself a Favour

Being Okay With No: Extended Version


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What would change in your life if hearing "no" didn't scare you? In this episode, host Tam Callaghan shares one of the most powerful mindset tools she's picked up in nearly two decades of coaching, and gets refreshingly honest about the moment she realised she hadn't fully been living it herself. 

Tam revisits advice given to her by her Curtin University lecturer and renowned Perth therapist Peter Slocombe: just be okay with the no. Don't be attached to the outcome. It sounds simple, but the freedom it creates for you and for the other person is profound. 

Whether you're in sales, pitching ideas to your boss, asking someone on a date, or just trying to get through life without needing everyone's approval, this episode will hit home. Tam explores the difference between being committed to an outcome and being attached to it, why anxiety makes us focus on ourselves instead of others, and why being okay with no actually makes people far more likely to say yes. 

She also opens up about a recent realisation: she'd mastered the small no's but had been completely avoiding the big ones, especially when it came to needing people to like her. Raw, funny, and genuinely useful. 

In this episode: 

  • The advice that changed Tam's coaching career 17 years ago 
    • What "committed but not attached" actually means in practice 
      • Why we're all in sales, whether we like it or not 
        • The connection between people pleasing and fear of rejection 
          • Tam's honest confession about where she still struggles 
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