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| Revisiting Soho apartment near NYU |
“Trust your instinct
to the end, though you can render no reason.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“People think
focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what
it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there
are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't
done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.” ~ Steve Jobs
Charise’s Turn:
To tag on to Kate’s post about saying “Yes!, let’s talk
about also saying “No”. These words don’t necessarily contradict each other
-- they help each other for sake
of clarity. When you say yes to something, you’re saying no to something else;
and when you say “no” you say “yes” to another choice or decision or
desire. A very wise person once
told me that “no” is a complete sentence. It doesn’t need to be followed by an explanation or defense. Know your “no”. That’s what matters.
In 2015 I’m going the road of self-inquiry, to feel out
opportunities and ideas to see if they fall into the “yes” or “no” category of
where to put my attention. I have
three forks in this road – dance/yoga, writing, and coaching. They stem, historically, from different
professional pursuits: in dance therapy, in social work, in publishing. What has already emerged for me this
month is a plan for a couple of movement based workshops in my local community.
I’ll be drawing upon my learning from the graduate program in dance movement
therapy at NYU as well as my yoga teaching practice over the last fifteen
years. Yes! And “no” to excuses or distractions that
interfere.
Get Fired Up:
Practice saying "No" to the multitude of things that get in the way of your best "Yes" that moves you forward in your creative life.
