The word of the day is “No”

So I’m walking Big Dog to the park and I see fresh plywood emblazoned with the words “Post No Bills”. And I think to myself “Oh yeah… really? How about “no more financial meltdown”, “no BS”, and as long as we’re at it, “no more Nigerian spam emails”?

So the word for today is simply “No.”

1. Saying “no” frees you to do other things that will deliver results faster. There are only so many hours in the day and you can’t do everything.
2. Saying no to one thing empowers you with a manifest destiny to say “Yes” to something else entirely new and more vital.

My own personal experience and from working with teams is that it takes more time to actually make the  decision that it does to execute on it. Perhaps it’s human nature to “keep our options open” but it is also infuriatingly inefficient.

So be bold this very minute. Just say “No” to something.

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