Colin SprakeInvestor & Mentor Driving Multi-Million Dollar Growth

STOP saying yes to everything!

18 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, the speaker reflects on a personal experience of traveling from Palm Springs to Toronto to appear on stage with Tony Robbins, an event he found unhelpful and that took him away from his family. He uses this anecdote to illustrate the hidden cost of saying yes to opportunities that don’t align with one’s core vision. He argues that each affirmative decision should be vetted against the business’s strategic vision and its impact on profitability and family time. By consistently saying no to misaligned engagements, entrepreneurs can protect quality family moments, improve profit margins, and preserve personal well‑being. The speaker urges listeners to adopt a disciplined “yes‑only‑if‑aligned” mindset, emphasizing that saying no is a proactive strategy for long‑term success rather than a failure.

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Every time you say yes to something that doesn't matter, you're really saying no to something that truly matters for your life and your business. I recently was in Palm Springs, and I got this opportunity to go spend time on stage with Tony Robbins. I took the time away from my family. I went up to the event from Palm Springs to Toronto. The event was horrible, to be honest. I went back to Palm Springs afterwards, and I said to my wife, why do I keep on saying yes to things that aren't serving me? I started to then really look at everything I was doing in my business. And I started to say no more frequently. I said, I'm not going to do things that take me away from my family. I'm not going to do things that take me away from profitability. Because think about this in your business. Every time you say yes, ask yourself one question: is the thing I'm saying yes to in line with my vision for my business? If it's not in line with your vision, then all you're doing is diluting the opportunity to make more profit. And when you start to think about that in more sincerity, you'll start to realize saying no means more time with family. Saying no means more profitability. Saying no means you get to spend time sometimes with yourself and just quality time with other people in your life. Because once you become successful, people wanna put you on stage, people wanna put you in front of other people. Ask yourself, is that really serving you or taking away from your bottom line? And I'm not talking about just the bottom line in your business, but that bottom line of really good quality time with your family. Think about that for yourself.