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The Power of Saying No
When to turn your back on the world.
There’s no doubt that saying ‘Yes’ invites some of the fondest memories, relationships and opportunities into our lives.
It’s easy to attribute the word ‘Yes’ to something positive.
If saying Yes leads to something good, it’s a win.
If it leads to something bad, it’s a lesson learnt.
A win-win.
But what about saying ‘no’?
We can’t attribute the same benefit to saying ‘no’ to something, because that ‘something’ didn’t happen for us to associate a benefit.
We might even feel the regret of saying ‘no’ to what could have been… if we had said yes.
Say ‘No’ to focus on the ‘Hell Yeah’
“If you’re not saying “hell yeah” about something, say no. This way, you get to make time to spend the time on the “hell yeah”. We’re all busy, saying yes to less is the way out.” — Derek Sivers
