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Vanessa Patrick

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Dr. Vanessa Patrick is a Professor of Marketing and the Associate Dean for Research at the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. She has a PhD in Business from the University of Southern California and an MBA in marketing and a BS degree in microbiology and biochemistry from Bombay University in India. Patrick has published dozens of research articles in top-tier academic journals in psychology, marketing, and management, and popular accounts of her work have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Los Angeles Times, Business Week, Fast Company, Forbes, Huffington Post and Washington Post. In her research, she investigates strategies to achieve personal mastery and inspire everyday excellence in oneself a ...more

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The Power of Saying No: The New Science of How to Say No that Puts You in Charge of Your Life

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“This finding is consistent with research in organizational behavior that finds that women are more likely to say yes to workplace requests than men are.”
― Vanessa Patrick, The Power of Saying No: The New Science of How to Say No that Puts You in Charge of Your Life

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“This is the same Oprah-inspired question we need to ask ourselves: Am I listening and hearing the difference between my resounding yes versus my reluctant yes and then making a concerted effort to convert my reluctant yeses to noes? A resounding yes is a true yes that gives voice to your values and priorities and reflects your preferences and best interests. As spiritualist writer Paulo Coelho wrote, “When you say yes to others, make sure you are not saying no to yourself.”27”
― Vanessa Patrick, The Power of Saying No: The New Science of How to Say No that Puts You in Charge of Your Life

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“THE A.R.T. OF EMPOWERED REFUSAL: COMPETENCIES FOR CRAFTING YOUR EMPOWERED REFUSAL CHAPTER”
― Vanessa Patrick, The Power of Saying No: The New Science of How to Say No that Puts You in Charge of Your Life

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“It is in Paris that the beating of Europe’s heart is felt. Paris is the city of cities." - Victor Hugo”
― David McCullough, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

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