3 Steps to Say the Hard Thing

说出艰难之事的三个步骤

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast

2026-04-07

21 分钟
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Join me on Supercast for ad-free episodes, bonus content, and monthly AMAs:⁠ https://jefferson.supercast.com/⁠ There’s a conversation you’ve been avoiding—and it’s already costing you more than you think. In this episode, I’m breaking down why not saying the hard thing is shaping your relationships in ways you don’t even realize. When you avoid the truth, you keep everyone stuck in a version of reality that isn’t real. I’ll walk you through a simple, practical way to have difficult conversations with clarity, confidence, and respect—without overexplaining or softening the message. Order The Next Conversation Workbook: https://www.jeffersonfisher.com/workbook Thank you to our sponsors: Cozy Earth. Upgrade Your Every Day. Get 20% off at cozyearth.com/jefferson or use code JEFFERSON at check out. Monarch Money. 50% off your first year at https://monarchmoney.com/jefferson Notion. Try Custom Agents now at https://notion.com/jefferson  BetterHelp. Click https://betterhelp.com/jeffersonfisher for a discount on your first month of therapy. Order my book, The Next Conversation, or listen to the full audiobook today. Like what you hear? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a 5-star review! Suggest a topic or ask a question for me to answer on the show!  Want a FREE communication tip each week? Click here to join my newsletter.  Join My School of Communication Watch my podcast on YouTube  Follow me on Instagram  Follow me on TikTok Follow me on LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • There's somebody who's listening to this right now and needs to have a conversation that they've been avoiding.

  • And I'm going to tell you, and the point of this episode is,

  • if you 're choosing not to have the conversation, then you 're choosing the result that you 're getting.

  • There's not going to be some aha moment in this episode.

  • What this episode is going to give you is a perspective and the courage.

  • To say the thing that you 've been avoiding,

  • that angst, that thought that you want to say something and all of a sudden it just makes your stomach churn.

  • I have had difficult conversations like you so many times in my life.

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  • I need to give a hard truth to my legal clients, or I need to say something to a judge or to a jury.

  • And there's a process in which I go through in my mind that I want to share with you.

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  • All that more coming up.

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