MBA1355 Q&A Wednesday: How do I learn to say ...

You’ve got a business idea you believe in, but every time you think about getting started, the same question stops you in your tracks: where will the money come from? It can feel like you need funding before you can build anything, leaving you stuck waiting for a breakthrough tha ...  Show more

A trillionaire sounds like something from a movie, not real life. Yet Elon Musk became the first person in history to reach that milestone. Whether that feels inspiring, ridiculous, or even unfair, it raises a question every entrepreneur should be asking: what kind of value do yo ...  Show more

This podcast episode is about how to practice saying “No” and defending your calendar. Sometimes that “No” is to someone outside of you and sometimes that “No” is to you, yourself as the business owner. As you're building your business there are so many things that are vying for ...  Show more

Send us Fan MailPeople keep asking for your time, energy, and attention. Someone invites you to an impromptu coffee date in the middle of something important or wants to meet up with you about something after business hours. But when it comes to your business, you need to learn t ...  Show more

You say yes to another task. Even though your plate is already full. You stay late, again. You avoid pushing back, just in case it makes you seem less committed.In this episode, Martin Wolf and Dr. Verena Seibert-Giller unpack the psychology behind our struggle to say “no” at wor ...  Show more

Perhaps the hardest word you can say to someone is NO. Saying YES to something, even if it’s half-heartedly meant, is easier because you aren’t obliged to justify it. The pressure is less, and so it’s easier to say so. Whereas, if you say NO, there is this need to justify why you ...  Show more