A Love Letter to Letting Go of the Auto Yes

This week on the Love Letters, Life & Other Conversations podcast Wendy shares her experience listening to Terri Cole speak on two podcast episodes as a springboard for the conversation.  She shares about how she is challenging herself to stop saying an automatic yes for seven days.  To give thoughtful consideration to the ‘yes’ response vs giving it freely and without thought.

Jane and Wendy also talk about how not only is it important to stop the auto yes, but it is equally important to omit the unnecessary apology, and they discuss the gift (although a bit awkward at first) of a pregnant pause when communicating.

 Here are our takeaways for this week:
 
 Wendy

• The pregnant pause and how I take time to answer questions and requests, and in conversations when the subject matter requires more attention I want to 

Jane 

• Quit the apology, quit the quick answer, and quit the quick rhetoric.

Kristina (KB)

• The idea of letting go or the auto yes, and the unnecessary apology feels like a way to find confidence in communication without the need to provide justification. 

Listen to the Springboard Podcast  Episodes

Don’t Keep Your Day Job Podcast - S5 Ep141

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/dont-keep-your-day-job/id1191831035?i=1000574611487

Don’t Keep Your Day Job Podcast - S6 Ep75

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/dont-keep-your-day-job/id1191831035?i=1000529312873

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Jane Webster
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Wendy Harrop
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