Friday, June 3, 2011

Just say no

I remember hearing the virtues of saying no extolled when I was in school. No to drugs. No to premarital sex. While the methodology of the message was often pretty effective, the message itself is one that I'm realizing needs to be heard -- at least by busy people who are used to saying "yes" to worthwhile opportunities.

Which includes me. My current attempt to work at it is this: unless I have a clear sense that it's important, confirmed by my wife, I'm saying "no" to new opportunities that pop up between now and the first week of July when we start our sabbatical.

I just said no to an interesting gig opportunity that would have given me a great growth opportunity and an excuse to get a pedal I've been looking at for months now...

And even so it feels good to...

2 comments:

faintimage said...

Good to read your blog. There are so many snares that are set before us. What's the pedal you mentioned?
Richard

Jonathan Reuel said...

The POG.