It’s either 100% Yes….or it’s a no from me

Life is quite literally brimming with opportunities if your eyes are open. It is rare that a day goes by that I am not asked to do something or that some new opportunity to serve does not present itself to me. So how do we decide? Here is the basic principle — It’s either 100% Yes….or it’s a no from me.

Somethings, are not requests. You are employed and so obliged to do them or the law of the land requires you to do them. For everything else, you have a choice.

Maybe you get invited to go on a trip or a day out. You can say yes or you can say no. Maybe you see a special offer, one day only, for a holiday or a product to purchase. Maybe you have an idea for a new project. Or perhaps someone presents to you an opportunity to develop something with them. Maybe someone asks you for help.

The opportunities to serve and the opportunities to grow and develop will be coming at you think and fast if you have the eyes to see them. So how do we decide? It’s either 100% Yes….or it’s a no from me.

Life is often incredibly busy. Most of us move from one stage of life to the next and whilst the demands are different at each point, when you add up the things that you need to do to care fore yourself, your family and to care for your other basic needs, and then on top add on all the things that you are obliged…