Tag: Stephen Covey

Inside “Yes” is “No”
We like to be able to say “yes,” whether it’s to a person, an organization, an activity, an object, or whatever.1 But human experience works out such that inside any “yes” is also a “no.” A bias toward “yes” isn’t inherently bad. It keeps us moving forward. Where we start running into trouble is when…
10 September 2018
An introspective look at not remembering names
Over at Becoming Minimalist, Joshua Becker offers some personal introspection on a paradigmatic case of forgetting a couple’s names. In part, Becker narrates, I was sad that I wasn’t able to remember something as simple as the names of two people I very much enjoyed meeting. … And suddenly it struck me. I entered the conversation—as…
6 March 2017

Inside “Yes” is “No”