A simple rule from a family road trip turned into something bigger.
One Black Marble.
One hard no for the day.
A limit that teaches influence, timing, and the cost of choosing your voice.

This episode looks at why restraint creates trust, why not every opinion deserves airtime, and how the weight of our words shapes the future more than volume ever will. Influence is not force. Influence is the courage to pause, listen, and choose your no with intention.

🎧 No Stage, Just a Chair
A podcast for people figuring it out as they go: building honest brands, real decisions, and work that feels like theirs.

Before You Listen
• Where are you spending energy that does not deserve it
• What would change if your no had a cost
• Where could restraint build more trust
• What moment today actually deserves your one hard no