This week, I invite my husband, Brandon, into the podcast. We talk about the art of saying no in order to say yes. Sometimes we have to say no so that we can say yes! Saying no can be super hard; especially if you’ve always been taught that telling someone no is a bad thing.
Whether we say yes or we say no, there’s always an opportunity cost involved. What we need to figure out is which opportunity cost we’re most willing to give up or live without.
We talk about how we only have 936 weeks of influence from the day our children are born until their 18th birthday. (We actually said 986 in the podcast. That was not the right number. The actual number is 936.) YES! 936 weeks, people! That’s it! So, I went out and bought 1872 marbles to represent both of our boys, and I counted each and every one! We got to see how many marbles (weeks) of influence we have left with our older son. I seriously wanted to cry!
In this episode, we read excerpts and mention information from:
Reggie Joiner, Losing Your Marbles, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oF-yynTuVI Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/278004613.
New York Times, Carl Richards. “Saying No, So You Can Say Yes When It Matters”: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/business/saying-no-so-you-can-say-yes-when-it-matters.html
Leo Babauta, Zen Habits, Breathe, “Say No So You Can Say Yes”: https://zenhabits.net/say-yes/
Check out more amazing life-changing books from Leo Babauta here: https://amzn.to/2L6sOGP.
“8 Simple Steps to Living the Life You Love”: http://teaoflifepodcast.com/podcasts/8-simple-steps-to-living-the-life-you-love/
Marie Kondo, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, https://amzn.to/2NgkRMx
Check out more amazing life-changing books from Marie Kondo here: https://amzn.to/2L9zVyc.
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