Here are some specific examples of things to say no, and things to say yes to. You'll find these lists and attachments to this lecture, but I'm going to read them out for you. And you can download them for your convenience when you choose. So say no to bad habits. Say no to despair, and guilt, and any unproductive emotions. Say no to distractions from the important things in life, like family and friends say no to working on holiday, or answering your phone at dinner.
Say no to easy, but flawed options like simplistic solutions or rushing through An important job and say no to doing jobs that have no real value. Say no to poor dysfunctional ideas in your relationships like blame and recrimination. Say no to losing focus and dissipating your energy. Say no to compromising your principles. Say no to regrets. So when should you say no they say no when your motivation would be fear or a sense of obligation, where there really is none.
Say No. When the principles are so important that if you did it, it would be absolutely wrong. Say No. If there is no clear purpose, or no evidence to support why you should do something. Say no to things that haven't worked for you in the past and say no when you've already tried something and failed. Say no to anything that isn't truly authentic to you.
On the other hand, we should say yes to caring about things that matter. Yes, even the details when they're important. Say yes to staying healthy. Getting good exercise, eating a healthy diet, getting good quality rest, and perhaps an early night and looking after yourself making regular appointments for checkups with a doctor or dentist the optic Question and say yes to flossing. So yes to time with your family and with your friends, to honesty with other people and with yourself. Say yes to novelty and interest.
Read something new. Visit a gallery or a museum. Watch an interesting documentary. Say yes to politeness and to honestly say yes to courtesy, saying please, and thank you say yes to efficient and effective work practices, a tidy workplace and say yes to asking for the things you want out of life. So say yes, when it needs to be done. Say yes.
When it's important to do it. Say yes. When it's worth doing. Say yes to things that excite you to things that give you real joy, Real pleasure. Say yes to things that you can take a pride in. Say yes to the things that help build and maintain and strengthen the relationships that are important to you.
Say yes. When you can learn something valuable for the future. Say yes, to serendipity, to new opportunities, new possibilities and hopes. Say yes. When you know, in your heart, that it's the right thing to do.