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How to Know When to Say Yes or No (a 2-Step Process)
In personal and professional development, people including myself are always talking about applying what you’ve learned. When you learn something new, and you don’t do something with that knowledge, that knowledge isn’t going to help you in any meaningful way.
But that doesn’t mean that you have to apply everything you learn. As a matter of fact, developing your “do nothing with that information” filter plays an important role in your life.
The key is deciding what to apply and what to walk away from; what to say yes to and what to say no to.
Your first thoughts might be, “Well how do I know which is which? How do I know when to say yes and when to say no?”
If you start with those questions, it may seem confusing. However, if you stop for a moment and run it through a two-step process, the answer gets clear quickly.
Step 1 — Give Yourself Permission To Say No, That’s Not Part Of My Puzzle, And Be Okay With It.
We tend to feel we should be saying ‘yes’ way more often than we really should. Give yourself permission to say ‘no’ more.
Pay attention to what feels right and what doesn’t; what works for you or your personality type and what doesn’t; what you are actually going to do and what you’re not.
