Saying "no" is a positive affirmation of personal control of a situation. Freelancers do it all the time. There are projects that are not profitable or interesting that those in the freelance economy choose to decline.
And there's the rub.
Choice.
I received a tweet on launching this blog to ask if I had seen or read The Yes Man - the answer is "not yet" - but if we are conditioned or choose to blindly say "yes" all the time, aren't we letting others or circumstances or our environment or upbringing or sub-conscious take control and therefore responsibility for our actions?
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And there's the rub.
Choice.
I received a tweet on launching this blog to ask if I had seen or read The Yes Man - the answer is "not yet" - but if we are conditioned or choose to blindly say "yes" all the time, aren't we letting others or circumstances or our environment or upbringing or sub-conscious take control and therefore responsibility for our actions?
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