The Daily Disturbance

The two kinds of YESes and the different applications of both. Permission and Promise. Allowing and Fulfilling. Let’s understand both and respond even better in the coming years of our lives. Do I hear a YES? “If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!” ― Richard Branson

The 5Rs: practical guidelines in determining how to decide if an option, an offer or even a demand is said YES to. “In all you do, try being a WOW, and not a woe.” ― Anthony Liccione

Yup why can’t you? At least 4 reasons why, often hidden and undetected, now brought out into the light! “The Key to a healthy "no" is to remember the "yes" that the "no" is making space for.” - Alan Cohen

If passionately saying Yes to the right and honorable things on a daily basis is key to a great life, then resolutely saying No to shameful and wasteful things should be part of my way of life. “Saying NO is an art, master it.” - Vikram Verma Here are 8 ways to better Say No at home and in the work place. One day at a time, one opportunity at the moment, one decision whose time has come! Star...

IF the price of saying No is too high a price to pay, then D.O.N.T. say No; just do it! Here are 4 guidelines to help us Not to say No as it isn’t worth it to do so, and to embrace an opportunity with a resounding YES! YES, not to die with one’s song, one’s spirit, one’s life still unleashed within…NO to a life half lived!

“Tone is the hardest part of saying no.” ― Jonathan Price So, yes, if we have a better tone, we might be able to say No more positively, more appropriately. But no, we can’t always be positive when it’s time to be negative! And we can’t take full responsibility for how people take our saying No when necessary; only personal accountability for their benefits and consequences in our own li...

Have you been saying No to the right things, and have you been saying No the right way? Priority and Propriety. The 3Ms and the 3Rs: say Yes to learning about these and find it easier to say No and more effective in saying it so!

Well, just by reading this – allotting a few seconds and your eyes focused on these lines - you said “no” to something else! And you’ve been saying No to so many things all your life! The key is to know that what we have been saying No to allow us to declare our Yeses to that which is most important in our lives. No, you don’t have to wait so long. Say yes to listening on!

Most certainly! By responding to defining moments more consistently, making it a pattern for your life. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~ Aristotle. The same goes for the negative stuff: mediocrity, settling for the minimum, and other destructive ways become habits, too. You become the person through the things you repeatedly practice.

Welcome to humanity. “Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.” ― George R.R. Martin What if the moment...didn’t just define me…but defiled me? 5 ways to retain V.A.L.U.E. from the painful defining moments of our lives. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ― Oprah Winfrey

Yes, you can move F.O.R.W.A.R.D! 7 ways to create better defining moments! “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” – Tim Ferriss

“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.” – Graham Greene Facebook COO Sheryl Sanberg shared how the death of her husband – certainly a defining, or redefining moment – taught her how to face adversity, build resilience and find joy. What are your top 5 defining moments in life? Now, maximize the good and minimize the ugly!

“The 2 most important days of your life: The day you are born and the day you find out why” – Mark Twain What is a defining moment? And what are the moments in your life that helped define you? Was it the day you realized that you can get dad to do what mom won’t? Was it your first kiss? All kinds of defining moments. Big, medium and small. Past, present, and future. Good, bad and ugly. “It’s not...

There will be no introduction. Too personal. Too special. No shortcuts, no sneak peeks, no hacks. This one will have to be shared as is, all the way.

“It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot C’mon, it ain’t ever “too late.” Well, it depends on what you wish to accomplish. But trust me, if it’s a question of doing right amidst long years of wrong, it is always worth it. I hack my life daily, and will do forever. Join me!

Then seek W.I.S.D.O.M., and again, and again. Be patient. It is called precisely a hack because it’s not the usual way of doing things, and it is not normally seen. Hence, we miss out on it. And even as we speak! Take a moment. If your life hack isn’t work, give it some time, and again, patience. “A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.” -- Charles Issawi

Ok, so you’re open to hacking your life… Where and how to start? Three key questions, in three words. Let’s go hack it!

What is a life? What is life, anyway? And why hack it? And why hack yours? Listen on!

If you have the right mindset, you’re happy ending is set! You need the B.R.E.A.K.S. so welcome them in your life today! Psalm 61: 2 “From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”

Then a breakthrough is being prepared for you! “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.” – Isaiah 40: 29 Go through the process. Don’t count yourself out to soon. From a Break to a breakdown to a breakthrough. Make it happen, all the way through!

You’ve been taking breaks all your life, and still you question it! “Research shows that we need to take a break and decompress so we can be at our best at work—and at home. Maybe we should ask if the life we’re working so hard to create is fun to live? When’s the last time you disconnected and took a vacation?” ― Tina Hallis Just D.O. I.T! Four ways to make it happen, and now.

“Taking a break can lead to breakthroughs.” ― Russell Eric Dobda But that’s not common thinking. We overglorify action, we look up to people who seize opportunities, and we put a premium on those who are ahead…So we think that taking breaks downplays action, implies passing up on opportunities, leads to ordinary people who are not as “advanced” as those who are up front. Can we rethink that t...

“Taking a break can lead to breakthroughs.” ― Russell Eric Dobda It isn’t really the world’s responsibility to give you a break…so secure it yourself, and fight for it , every day of our life! For less stress, more productivity and a higher quality of life, goodness, make that choice and take a break!

As simple as 1, 2, 3! “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”– Albert Einstein. We fail to get it though that simple doesn’t always mean easy. In fact, often, it means much harder because when something is simple, there’s no going around it and no misunderstanding it. It’s either we embrace it head on, or reject it outright. And when we decide to stay simple we actua...

It isn’t enough to know How To. In the process, we easily lose motivation and we question ourselves during execution. We need constantly remind ourselves of the why, and yes, even the who behind our how tos. Listen to the VOICE, and get rid of the N.O.I.S.E., the enemies of the simplified life. It’s a process, not an act. Let us begin!