Get more out of life by saying “yes”
Posted on November 2, 2007
Filed Under Ideas & Philosophy, Self Improvement |
I have just read an absorbing article over at GetRichSlowly which talks about the power of saying “yes” instead of “no”.
It really struck a chord with me. Despite my bullish nature and willingness to throw myself into dramatic situations such as giving up my job, too often I feel fear about doing the simplest things, and too often say “no”, because I’m afraid of what might happen.
For example, a few weeks ago an acquaintance said I should give them a call when I next go surfing and they would take me to a break I hadn’t been to before. And I never took this person up on the offer because I was a bit embarrassed about it. Another time someone asked me to go running with him because he wanted to get into training but I said no because I was embarrassed and thought I might hold him back. All just silly stuff, but I’m sure most of us have been there.
Who knows what might have happened if I’d said yes? I might have had a laugh and sealed two good friendships.
So I am going to start saying yes more often. I’ve even found an opportunity today to say yes to something that I said no to yesterday.
Stumble it!
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You might like the book “Yes Man” by Danny Wallace. Hopefully I got the right author. He decided to say “Yes” to whole bunch of things over the course of I think it was 3-6 months. Good book. And funny.
Cheers, I’ll check it out!
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