Derek Sivers explains his "hell yes or no" philosophy: say no to almost everything unless an opportunity makes you think "Oh, hell yes!" This keeps you focused on the rare, high-impact opportunities worth your full commitment.
when you're overwhelmed, if you feel too— if you're spread too thin, if you've said yes to too much, the idea is you've got to raise the bar all the way up. And if anything that you're presented with is making you feel anything less than, "Oh, hell yeah! Oh my God, that would be amazing!" If it's anything less than that, you just say no. So you say no to almost everything. And the reason is that most of us feel that we're supposed to fill up our time. But because you've filled up your time, now you don't have any time to throw yourself in completely when you find something amazing. So instead, you say no to almost everything. So when that rare one out of a thousand thing comes along, then you can give it the biggest damn yes, and you will have space and time in your life to throw yourself into it completely. And ultimately, I think that's better for your career, for your life, for your peace of mind. I think it's more impressive to kick major butt on the things, on the occasional rare thing you say yes to, instead of kind of half-assing everything else along the way. So yeah, that's the hell yeah or no philosophy.
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