The Power of ‘Yes’

0Matt • 21st Dec 2009 • Decisions, Life Lessons, Recommendations

There’s a blog that I recently started reading called Get Rich Slowly.  It’s a personal finance blog that has articles about sensible ways to manage money better and to live a good financial life.  The whole point of the blog is that virtually anyone can get rich slowly by making good decisions daily.  The author makes sure to note that “being happy is more important than being rich” and so this is a guy that’s worth listening to.

I was reading some of his “best of” blog posts today and wanted to share one with you that struck a chord with me.  The article is called The Power of Yes: A Simple Way To Get More Out Of Life.  His advice for living a better life is simple: start saying ‘yes.’  Not everyone needs this tidbit, but for many people this is precisely what is holding them back.  I know that it is something that I deal with daily and I’m happy to say that I began to learn this lesson earlier this year when I was in Zambia.  I was living with people who were constantly asking me to do things, many of which made me quite uncomfortable (not because they were bad things but because I get uncomfortable easily..  I had two options: block or yield.  I decided very early on to yield as much as possible and this was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

This might seem a little ‘motivational-speaker-ish’ but have a look at that article if you’d like.  It’s a good one.