Begin with Yes

Paul Boynton shares tips and strategies in his book Begin With Yes to inspire positive personal change. The premise of Boynton’s book, which resonate greatly with my own life system, is the notion of doing something, now. A Begin With Yes lifestyle is changing your attitude, responding differently, appreciating what’s before you and taking small actions, now.

33 tips to Begin With Yes

1. The positive energy you create will help you get things done
2. By taking action we often find our optimism or enhance it
3. Having high hopes is a common sense approach to making good things happen and facing challenges head on
4. A sense of hope combined with hard work and tenacity always delivers results
5. Change your behavior first and the positive thinking takes care of itself
6. Respect your realities, be gentle with yourself and be gentle with the people around you
7. Ask yourself questions to uncover actions needed; the sooner you shift into action, the better things become and the better you feel
8. Ask questions, note suggested actions, begin taking small steps in the right direction
9. Ask yourself: “what’s one small action I could take today that would move me closer to my goal or to a problem resolution?”
10. Focus on many goals and challenges at the same time, but tackle each goal and challenge one action step at a time
11. Take one small manageable step at a time
12. Remember you will have days when very little progress is made and days when things come together
13. Moving forward will be easier if you’re willing to let go of self-limiting beliefs
14. Begin with “Yes” to be open to possibilities and create a creative environment where ideas and solutions can be found
15. Asking yourself questions, making different choices and choosing ‘better’ realities is a skill you can learn
16. Shifting your perspectives is not easy, but gets easier with lots of practice
17. When you take positive steps and shift your perspective, you discover how powerful you really are
18. Stop complaining about all the power you don’t have and get smart about all the power you do have
19. Give up trying to control everyone, what’s in your control is yourself
20. If you are doing something that’s getting you closer to a goal, solving a problem or making you feel better, it’s power
21. The power switch is activated by any small action
22. Power and optimism attract and generate more power and optimism
23. Put more energy into attracting positive people to protect yourself from being influenced by half-empty people
24. You can choose your feeling and you can choose something other than fear
25. Don’t focus on fear, instead focus on small, manageable steps
26. Recognize fear and worry for what they are, and then take a deep breath and choose again
27. A good life doesn’t happen by accident – nor does it happen in isolation
28. Upsets are inevitable and it’s worth paying attention to how you respond
29. Ask yourself “Now what?” to shift into possibility mode
30. It’s a thousand little “Yeses” that make life-changing things happen
31. When you pay attention to small things, big things somehow manage to take care of themselves
32. Small actions will add up in unexpected, mountain moving ways
33. Deal with your mountains one positive, optimistic action step at a time

Do any of the tips above speak to you? Have you considered improving your life by saying yes, instead of no? If you are interested in reading more, please check out “Begin with Yes” on Amazon (aff).

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