Defaulting to YES

When you think of defaulting to YES what comes to mind? Perhaps being taken advantage of? Or constantly losing something? Maybe that, defaulting to yes, especially through the perspective of an entrepreneur, is the worst idea ever? Not according to Guy Kawasaki.

Guy Kawasaki is probably my favorite person to listen to on the topic of entrepreneurship. To here this specific talk- click here

He presents some of the greatest points I have ever heard. For this week, I want to touch on his point of defaulting to YES. He discusses when we meet people, we often think what can they do for us? That isn't always a conscience thought but rather a sub conscience thought that happens without us even realizing it. We, however should think "How can I help them? What can I do to help them?"

Entering a new situation especially in the business world is terrifying and can be even more terrifying if you are concerned with always saying yes. Guy talks about how we don't want to be taken advantage of but he has found that most people are reasonable. Not too often will people give you the short end of the stick.

So where am I going with this? How are we going to apply this? Realize through your journey in entrepreneurship that you are going to meet some incredible people. There will be those few that you will run into that aren't going to be good for your journey but you can still learns something from them and I think that, that is the best thing to take from this.

We can also take from this the type of person we want to be. It's a hard enough world out there without working and dealing with crooks. People can be nasty- We all know that but don't be one of those crooked people. Stand up for your values and know your value in this world. Never give up on your dream and never be willing to let one back experience ruin it all.