Before the next "yes"

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Every “yes” is an implicit collection of “no"s.

Yes to another project is no to focus on what you’ve already got in flight, and no to that collaborative enterprise your friend had just suggested, and no to having some breathing room in your schedule.

Yes to going out to dinner is no to staying home to catch your breath, and also no to getting a last-minute flight to the coast in time for sunset, and no to taking an evening in the woods.

Yes is easy, though, because those “no"s aren’t explicit. That doesn’t make it necessarily the wrong answer, but it’s often done blindly.

The next time you’re about to Yes into a big new thing, no matter how exciting, take a moment and consider: what “No"s are packaged up with this Yes?

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