Why ‘Yes’ is Always More Productive Than ‘No’

by Greg Milner on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

I rarely get to watch DVDs in my car, for the simple reason that I’m usually driving it, and insurance companies take a dim view of claims that begin “I was watching a movie when, to my complete surprise, a tree jumped out and…”

But for the first time, Michelle and I got to sit in the back seat for a change, while a friend took the wheel for the last couple of hours of a long drive home from Port Denison, where I’d parked my brother’s big charter boat Nordon after our fishing trip to the Abrolhos Islands last week. (Photos and story below, for those not bored witless by other people’s adventures.)

Jim Carrey's 'Yes Man' - silly, but inspiration anyway for saying 'yes' and allowing some change into your life...

So I put a movie on to pass the time. It was a Jim Carrey film, Yes Man. Nothing much to the movie (Jim Carrey plays Jim Carrey) but its premise was powerful.

Keep saying ‘no’ and you achieve nothing. Say ‘yes’ and opportunities abound.

Now, clearly you can’t say ‘yes’ to everything, otherwise you end up in the (contrived) kind of trouble Carrey’s character finds himself mired in. But I’ve found that a trait of success among our most successful Inner Circle member salons around the world is their willingness to entertain a ‘yes’ answer to almost any question, and see what happens from there. Once you say ‘yes’, something will happen.

When you say ‘no’, nothing happens, nothing changes. Which is exactly the situation for thousands of salon & spa owners across New South Wales, who said ‘no’ to attending next Monday’s Road to Riches salon & spa marketing seminar at the Novotel Brighton Beach hotel.

On a brighter note, more than 200 people said ‘yes’, and for these salon owners, things will begin to change because of that ‘yes’ answer. The entire Worldwide Salon Marketing team is trooping across the country for this event, and we’re looking forward to meeting newcomers as well as dozens of Inner Circle members who are booked in for our post-seminar Closed Door Members Only Workshop on Monday afternoon.

For those salon & spa owners who have NOT booked into Sydney, you have ONE DAY to do so. Phone the office on 08 9381 6621 or book online at www.salonroadtoriches.com

The next seminars in Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast are already filling fast. Details and online booking forms at www.salonroadtoriches.com

A post by Greg Milner

The odd idea, a bit of prodding, a nudge here and there, a little fun, and the occasional dose of brutal reality. Greg is co-founder and CEO of Worldwide Salon Marketing, a writer, direct response marketing consultant, specialist marketing systems adviser and coach.