Comments on: My Real-World “Yes Man” Experiment http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/my-real-world-yes-man-experiment/ Making personal development fun Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:05:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/my-real-world-yes-man-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1950 Kevin Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:38:19 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=664#comment-1950 Dude. I'm exactly like Jims character, Im a shut out never do anything and just play video games all day... Its so bad that my Gf and my friends are starting to ignore me and not want to do anything at all... Then I watched this movie and started taking its advice... This is the first day.. if your interested at all Throw me a email and I'll tell you how it worked for me. Dude. I’m exactly like Jims character, Im a shut out never do anything and just play video games all day… Its so bad that my Gf and my friends are starting to ignore me and not want to do anything at all… Then I watched this movie and started taking its advice… This is the first day.. if your interested at all Throw me a email and I’ll tell you how it worked for me.

]]> By: The Real Life “Yes Man” | http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/my-real-world-yes-man-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1851 The Real Life “Yes Man” | Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:32:48 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=664#comment-1851 [...] I’m good. Well if you want to read more about this little experiment and what other people had to say about it, follow this link. [...] [...] I’m good. Well if you want to read more about this little experiment and what other people had to say about it, follow this link. [...]

]]> By: Vlad Dolezal http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/my-real-world-yes-man-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1736 Vlad Dolezal Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:20:06 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=664#comment-1736 @Evelin: Glad to see you think the way I do. Ya, it's amazing how much fun you can have saying "Yes!" to random things :D @Evelin:

Glad to see you think the way I do. Ya, it’s amazing how much fun you can have saying “Yes!” to random things :D

]]> By: Evelin http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/my-real-world-yes-man-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 Evelin Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:34:56 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=664#comment-1735 Hey Vlad :) I watched the Yes man about five months ago and it had a strong affect on me, BUT I was still too lazy to live like he did. But..last week I accidently saw it again and decided to try it. And I had a lot of fun. Not just fun but A LOT OF FUN. I met tons on new and funny people :) So I strongly suppore the idea :P It was nice reading your blog :) Hey Vlad :)
I watched the Yes man about five months ago and it had a strong affect on me, BUT I was still too lazy to live like he did. But..last week I accidently saw it again and decided to try it. And I had a lot of fun. Not just fun but A LOT OF FUN. I met tons on new and funny people :) So I strongly suppore the idea :P It was nice reading your blog :)

]]> By: The Secret of Super-effective People - The Weekly Review | Fun Life Development http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/my-real-world-yes-man-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1560 The Secret of Super-effective People - The Weekly Review | Fun Life Development Fri, 29 May 2009 14:08:53 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=664#comment-1560 [...] not that important in the long term. Trying that new hobby, talking to new people, trying a crazy experiment? Potentially very [...] [...] not that important in the long term. Trying that new hobby, talking to new people, trying a crazy experiment? Potentially very [...]

]]> By: Vlad Dolezal http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/my-real-world-yes-man-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 Vlad Dolezal Mon, 18 May 2009 17:12:55 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=664#comment-1501 @Tula: You're right, I picked up on the spirit of "saying 'Yes!'" to opportunities, not just the literal interpretation of just saying yes. But to be honest, I didn't always say "Yes!" to every opportunity I spotted. I did say "Yes!" to all requests, but with opportunities, I sometimes took them and sometimes didn't. Oh well :p And as for the girl... yes, I'm aware she's attracted to me. But for various reasons, I'm choosing not to pursue. You're right though, I like hanging out with her, maybe I could at least invite her for a cup of tea, or something. Being friends with cute girls never hurts ;) @Tula:

You’re right, I picked up on the spirit of “saying ‘Yes!’” to opportunities, not just the literal interpretation of just saying yes.

But to be honest, I didn’t always say “Yes!” to every opportunity I spotted. I did say “Yes!” to all requests, but with opportunities, I sometimes took them and sometimes didn’t. Oh well :p

And as for the girl… yes, I’m aware she’s attracted to me. But for various reasons, I’m choosing not to pursue. You’re right though, I like hanging out with her, maybe I could at least invite her for a cup of tea, or something. Being friends with cute girls never hurts ;)

]]> By: Tula http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/my-real-world-yes-man-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 Tula Sun, 17 May 2009 14:48:18 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=664#comment-1500 Two things: I think this experiment worked for you because you saw opportunities to say yes that a lot of us miss, starting with the guy unlocking the maths building. Most people wouldn't have seen that as a yes-or-no question. But you were attuned enough to see the possibility. Second: You met a girl at the dance performance who called you the next day to go to a photo shoot, but you end celebrating the photographer you met. Um, as a girl myself, I'd say there's an opportunity here you may be missing (or perhaps potentially ignoring) -- girl who called you to go to photo shoot is interested in you. You don't have to beam emotions into her eyes. Great post once again, Vlad. You never fail to inspire me and cheer me. Two things: I think this experiment worked for you because you saw opportunities to say yes that a lot of us miss, starting with the guy unlocking the maths building. Most people wouldn’t have seen that as a yes-or-no question. But you were attuned enough to see the possibility.
Second: You met a girl at the dance performance who called you the next day to go to a photo shoot, but you end celebrating the photographer you met. Um, as a girl myself, I’d say there’s an opportunity here you may be missing (or perhaps potentially ignoring) — girl who called you to go to photo shoot is interested in you. You don’t have to beam emotions into her eyes.

Great post once again, Vlad. You never fail to inspire me and cheer me.

]]> By: Hilary http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/my-real-world-yes-man-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 Hilary Fri, 15 May 2009 12:06:30 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=664#comment-1491 Hi Vlad .. I like the idea of keeping it light-hearted, even if it's serious .. because as you say life is fun .. Thanks for replying .. Hilary Melton-Butcher Positive Letters <abbr><em>Hilary’s last blog post..<a href="http://positiveletters.blogspot.com/2009/05/elephants-pythons-zimbabwe-and-more-to.html" rel="nofollow">Elephants, pythons, Zimbabwe .. and more .. to be continued ...</a></abbr></em> Hi Vlad .. I like the idea of keeping it light-hearted, even if it’s serious .. because as you say life is fun ..

Thanks for replying ..
Hilary Melton-Butcher
Positive Letters

Hilary’s last blog post..Elephants, pythons, Zimbabwe .. and more .. to be continued …

]]> By: Vlad Dolezal http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/my-real-world-yes-man-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Vlad Dolezal Fri, 15 May 2009 09:59:15 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=664#comment-1490 @Hilary: Glad you liked the post (and the comment about creativity). I keep a light-hearted view, even when talking about "serious" stuff. Because life is fun - there's no reason to get overly serious about it :) @Hilary:

Glad you liked the post (and the comment about creativity).

I keep a light-hearted view, even when talking about “serious” stuff. Because life is fun – there’s no reason to get overly serious about it :)

]]> By: Hilary http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/my-real-world-yes-man-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 Hilary Thu, 14 May 2009 18:25:10 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=664#comment-1488 Hi Vlad - I came over from your comment on creativity on The Change Blog .. I just liked your linking 3 thoughts together and seeing what they come up with .. however your 'yes man' post is fun .. and a good light hearted (serious) look at the way we say yes or no to things .. too often we don't give opportunities a chance .. or those thought processes to link in and develop into something .. I'll be back to your fun life development blog!! Thanks for this interesting post .. love your views of Uni life .. & I must look at the maths connection sometime .. when I get back to the UK next week! Go well Hilary Melton-Butcher Positive Letters <abbr><em>Hilary’s last blog post..<a href="http://positiveletters.blogspot.com/2009/05/love-chapel-and-opera-house-two-stories.html" rel="nofollow">Love - a Chapel and an Opera House (two stories)</a></abbr></em> Hi Vlad – I came over from your comment on creativity on The Change Blog .. I just liked your linking 3 thoughts together and seeing what they come up with ..

however your ‘yes man’ post is fun .. and a good light hearted (serious) look at the way we say yes or no to things .. too often we don’t give opportunities a chance .. or those thought processes to link in and develop into something ..

I’ll be back to your fun life development blog!!

Thanks for this interesting post .. love your views of Uni life .. & I must look at the maths connection sometime .. when I get back to the UK next week! Go well
Hilary Melton-Butcher
Positive Letters

Hilary’s last blog post..Love – a Chapel and an Opera House (two stories)

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