Next Foundation Blog

Let’s not sugar coat this, tough decisions and persistent effort are required of those who seek to live their lives…

Present

Purposeful

and Passionately.

Your ability to say, “Yes” depends upon your ability to say, “No.”

Again…your ability to say, “Yes” to the things that are important depends upon your ability to say, “No” to the things that do not contribute to that.

Often people don’t say no because they are overwhelmed with thoughts like:

“What will they think of me if I don’t do this?”

“What will they say about me?”

“I feel I have to do this.”

Or they don’t say yes because:

“I don’t have the time.”

“Can’t fit it in.”

“I have too much to do.”

What people are doing is that which they don’t need to do at the sake of that which they want to do.

But they no longer have the time, the money or emotional resources….. they are spread too thin.

When a life is rooted in the present, based upon purpose, driven by values, then either a yes or no can be given not on the basis of what others think or out of guilt but rather out of a sense of single focus and life vision.

I was able to help myself in this area by coming to understand that my saying no to something enables someone else to say yes to it.

It creates opportunities in the lives of other people.

It is just not meant to be my opportunity.

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