🙌 Yes, Yes, Yes!

Some weeks ago, I was writing about the areas in which you need to say “no” to yourself in order to achieve higher success levels (“No, no, no”, click here). This week, I want to turn the viewpoint around and look at a few things that you probably do not say “yes” to often enough. 

The point is this: most people live a life and run businesses and teams below their possibilities. And one key reason is that they hold themselves back when it comes to stating a clear “Yes”. 

The counterintuitive root cause is often our fear of success. Yes: Fear of success! Subconsciously, we are quite often afraid of the consequences should we actually succeed. We fear the new lifestyle out of our comfort zone, the exposure to the public, maybe the flood of customers, and even the new kinds of people we will meet after our great success. 

The consequences of this fear-based hesitation for your team and often the entire organization are quite dramatic: the people do not unleash their potential and ultimately get frustrated and leave. 

Today I would like to encourage you to say a sounding “Yes” to these things to move your success to a new level: 

1. Say “Yes” to a bold vision. In strategy projects, too often I hear the question: “Isn’t this vision for our company too ambitious? What if we fail to achieve it?” My answer: If this vision is truly your ideal future situation then shout a roaring YES with your team: “YES, we will do everything needed to achieve this exciting vision!"
2. Say “Yes” to unconventional viewpoints. Too many managers and leaders do not welcome new ideas and inconvenient viewpoints. All outstanding people are embracing people with fresh insights. That’s why they grow and succeed. That doesn’t mean they do everything they hear, but they always listen and evaluate.
3. Say “Yes” to personal development. Most people could live a happier life and accomplish more if they seized more learning opportunities, read more books, booked more home study courses, and attended more seminars.

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