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Every Yes Is a No to Something Else

Every Yes Is a No to Something Else

  • Every Yes is a No to something else. It's not that you should say no to everything; it's that you should think it through.
  • uncontrolled, saying yes to requests for time will quickly block out all the other things we value—including the very things that made us successful in the first place.
  • Give yourself permission to say no without guilt. You should not care about what others think of you for declining their requests!
  • Say no to everything that does not support your immediate goals

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· “The mind is a universe and can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” ― John Milton

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