I am not a product of my circumstances.
I am a product of my decisions.
Stephen Covey
我不是我的环境塑造出来的产物。
我是我自己的选择塑造出来的产物。
Hell yeah or no
Hell yeah or no - It's okay to say no. If someone asks me to do something and I'm not like "hell yeah" then my default position is to say "nope, I'm not gonna do this".
Ali Abdaal
Ali Abdaal在推文和Newsletter都提到了“Hell yeah or no”的概念,他说:拒绝并不是什么大不了的事。如果有人要求我做某件事,而我并没有感到特别兴奋或者有热情的话,我的默认回答就是“不,我不会做这件事”。
而这个原则来自于作家和企业家Derek Sivers。他认为,选择不应该是“是”或“否”,而应该是“非常想要”或“否” 。因为,如果某件事情不能激励你或与你的价值观和优先事项不一致,那么最好说“不”,以避免过度承诺和过度分散自己的精力。

If you can't decide, the answer is no.
Naval Ravikant在《纳瓦尔宝典》也分享过类似的看法:在面对困难的选择时,如果我们没法做决定,那么默认的答案就是“不”。
If I'm faced with a difficult choice, such as:
Should I marry this person?
Should I take this job?
Should I buy this house?
Should I move to this city?
Should I go into business with this person?
If you cannot decide, the answer is no.
如果我面临着一个困难的选择,例如:
- 我应该嫁给这个人吗?
- 我应该接受这份工作吗?
- 我应该买这个房子吗?
- 我应该搬到这个城市吗?
- 我应该和这个人合伙创业吗?
如果你不能决定,答案就是"不"。
And the reason is, modern society is full of options. There are tons and tons of options. We live on a planet of seven billion people, and we are connected to everybody on the internet. There are hundreds of thousands of careers available to you. There are so many choices.
When you choose something, you get locked in for a long time. Starting a business may take ten years. You start a relationship that will be five years or maybe more. You move to a city for ten to twenty years. There are very, very long-lived decisions. It's very, very important we only say yes when we are pretty certain. You're never going to be absolutely certain, but you're going to be very certain.
原因是:现代社会充满大量的选择。我们生活在一个有七十亿人口的星球上,并且通过互联网与所有人相连。你可以从数十万种职业中选择。
当你选择做某件事,你就会长时间地被锁定。创业可能需要十年时间。开始一段关系可能会持续五年或更长时间。搬到一个城市生活至少十到二十年。
这些都是非常长期的决定。因此,我们只有在非常确定时才能说“是”。
Trust your gut and reach decisions promptly
相似地,著名的个人发展教练、演讲家和作者Bob Proctor建议我们相信自己最开始10秒钟来自直觉的判断。
If you take over 10 seconds to make important decisions, your paradigm is making a decision.
Bob Proctor
因为,最初几秒钟的想法通常来自于直觉,而后续的想法往往受到恐惧、限制思维或他人看法的影响。
如果你真的想完成或体验某件事情,你会在短时间内知道。如果你花时间考虑每个利弊,你的限制性信念范式很容易接管并掌控你的生活。
Naval也曾表示,如果你发现自己在为一个决定创建一个电子表格,列出赞成和反对的观点,做出检查和平衡,解释这是好的或不好的……忘掉它吧。
If you find yourself creating a spreadsheet for a decision with a list of yes's and no's, pros and cons, checks and balances, why this is good or bad... forget it. If you cannot decide, the answer is no.
Naval Ravikant
当你感到冲动或积极情绪时,应该立即做出决定。因为一旦你的旧有限制性思维模式介入,它就会在你的脑海中滋生,开始列出各种理由、情况和条件,解释为什么你应该或不应该这样做。因此,你应该相信最初的直觉,快速做出决定。
Men who succeed reach decisions promptly, and change them, if at all, very slowly.
Men who fail, reach decisions, if at all, very slowly, and change them frequently, and quickly.
Indecision and procrastination are twin brothers. Where one is found, the other may usually be found also.
Bob Proctor Think and Grow Rich
The importance of saying "no"
灵性导师Abraham Hicks认为当别人的请求或要求与你自己的欲望或价值观不一致时,说“不”非常重要。
It's important to say "no" to others when you feel that their requests or demands are not in alignment with your own desires or values.
When you say "yes" to something that you don't truly want to do, you're not only compromising your own needs and desires, but you're also sending a signal to the universe that you're willing to settle for less than what you truly want. This can result in attracting more unwanted situations into your life.
Abraham Hicks
当你答应了自己并不真正想要做的事情时,你不仅会牺牲自己的需求和欲望,还会向外界传达出一个信号,表明你愿意为放弃或妥协自己真正想要的东西或生活。这可能导致更多的不想要的情况进入你的生活。
相反,当你坚定地对不适合自己的事情说“不”时,你尊重了自己的需求和愿望,并向外界传达了一个明确的信息,这有助于吸引更多积极和充实的经验。
因此,通过说“不”,设置清晰的边界并传达你的需求和愿望非常重要。这样可以创造一个更充实的生活,并与你真正的自我保持一致。
For the only things we have in our life are those things that we love or are in harmony with. What do you have lying around you that you really don't like? Then ask yourself why don't you just package it up, give it away, and make space for the good that you really do desire. You must continually be "making space" for the good which you desire.
Bob Proctor You were born rich
How to say no
如何优雅地拒绝别人,这是一项非常重要的技能。
首先,你需要明白:拒绝别人是一种极其正常和普遍的行为,并不会让你显得不礼貌或不友善。因此,不要害怕说“不”。需要注意的是,确保你以一种善良和尊重的方式与对方沟通。
在拒绝别人的时候,我们常常会编造各种借口,往往是因为害怕对方生气或不高兴。比如,不想和别人见面,就会说自己有工作要忙或因为疫情。但这种做法往往会让我们陷入编织更多借口的困境,让事情变得更加复杂。
更好的方法是坦诚地告诉对方你的真实感受和原因,不需要编造任何借口。例如,如果你不想和别人见面,可以礼貌地告诉他们:“非常感谢你的邀请,但我现在不是最好的状态,我觉得我们应该在我们都准备好的时候再见面。” 这种做法可以让对方更好地理解你的感受,并且建立更真诚的关系。
The art of allowing
相反地,对于另一部分人来说,说“是”比说“不”更为合适。
例如,作家庆山认为,我们不应该以自我为出发点,随心所欲地拒绝别人,因为即使微小的拒绝也会给人带来伤害。她主张尽量不拒绝,以此扩展接纳和理解的广度和深度,除非这真的对自己、对他人都没有益处。
人真正的自由是拒绝。以前我经常滥用这个自由,现在开始谨慎。一个微小的拒绝都会给人带去一些伤害。尽量不拒绝,只要自己能做到。除非真的有害,不自益也不益人。不想什么事都以自我为出发点,随心所欲地拒绝别人。
能做到就做到。以此扩展接纳和理解的广度及深度。
庆山
以上的不同决策策略,只是为大家提供参考。正如Abraham Hicks所说,世上并无标准答案,我们做出的任何选择都没有好坏之分。真正重要的是,我们与自己的决定是否一致。
我们常常希望像庆山主张的那样,成为对别人友善、提供便利、关爱的人,满足社会、家庭和工作对我们的要求。但是,当我们内心匮乏、疲惫、没有安全感时,我们很难真心向世界传递我们的爱和能量。我们只能强迫自己说“是”,但无法掩饰我们内心排斥的情绪和身体反应。
举个例子,有个朋友想来你家做客,但你并不想让他来。我们通常会忽略自己的感受,出于礼貌邀请对方来。但你内心并不快乐,这种情绪无法真正掩饰。另一个可能是,你拒绝了别人,但却深感愧疚。
实际上,无论选择哪种方法都可以。重要的是,我们需要做出适合自己的选择,并坚持相信自己的决定。
There is no right or wrong in saying yes or saying no; one answer is no more right than the other but what you really want to do is make a decision and line up with the decision that you have made.
What causes problems is when you say yes but you're not lined up or you say no but you're not lined up in either case you can't win because you don't feel good and your energy is split. Split energy is what works against you most.
Abraham Hicks

就我个人目前的状态来说,更适合的策略是像Derek Sivers, Ali Abdaal或者Naval Ravikant主张的那样:听从自己的内心,如果没有真心想做就拒绝。因为,了解自己,坦然接受并诚实表达自己的欲望、情绪,保护自己的边界是我过往二十多年所缺乏的,也是我当下需要的训练。
正如Naval所说,佛陀一开始非常富有,然后他才去了树林里。我想,庆山一定在她的成长过程,先达到了某种拒绝的自由,才有能力,慢慢把自己打开,去接纳,去布施。
We would suggest to you that you make a decision - a decision that no matter what you are doing in this day, no matter who you are interacting with, no matter where you are, that your dominant intent will be to look for those things that you want to see.
And as that is your dominant intent, by the Law of Attraction, you will attract only those things that you want to attract, and you will see only these things that you want to see.
Abraham Hicks

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