Yes Man (No Spoilers)

[i_like_sporks]

 Summary (from goodreads.com):

Recently single, Danny Wallace was falling into loneliness and isolation. When a stranger on a bus advises, "Say yes more," Wallace vows to say yes to every offer, invitation, challenge, and chance. In Yes Man, Wallace recounts his months-long commitment to complete openness with profound insight and humbling

Comments

[girlingoldboots]

I passed on the movie, and I'll pass on the book. The entire premise just irritates me. Anytime I say yes to something I get stuffed dumped on me and left with other people's work.

I've just recently learned to say 'no' and that's been more life affirming than 'yes'.

[girlingoldboots]

Yeah, in reality you have to find a happy medium. Unfortunately there's people that think that if you say 'yes' one you mean 'yes' every time an don't bother consulting you on this. I just found the concept of the film ludicrous and nothing more than a remake of "Liar, Liar"

[i_like_sporks]

I passed on the movie, but everyone says it's better than the book.

I say Yes to lots of things anyway, I'm a positive person, but he was saying yes to ridiculous things - like marketing scams.

[i_like_sporks]

The story COULD have been so good if it wasn't so irritating and boring.

I say yes alot, but that's just my mindset... I do enjoy saying no on occasion too though.

[kater_kat]

Most people have a hard time saying "no" because they're uncomfortable/scared to say it.

Flip side, sometimes people say "no" to what could be an amazing experience just because they're scared to say "yes".

I'm guilty of both. This summer, though, I said yes to a totally petrifying (for me) situation, and it turned into one of the most incredible experiences of my life (although it still boggles my mind that I actually went through with it). In the end things didn't work out like I'd hoped, but you couldn't pay me to go back and change it.

Extremes in either direction will get you no where, though. No where but completely unhappy, anyway.