When to Say Yes and When to Say No

Devin Mehra
DataDrivenInvestor
Published in
5 min readApr 27, 2021

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Paradoxical advice consolidated.

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To say yes or to say no? Should I be a “yes” person, or should I be a “no” person?

Life advice can be paradoxical. You can find plenty of advice telling you to say yes in life. Stephen Colbert told a crowd of college graduates to be “yes and” people. Shona Rhimes wrote an entire book titled Year of Yes.

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