Comments on: The Flip Side of “HELL YEAH!” Or No – How About “HELL WHY NOT!”

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By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:52:42 +0000

Hi Dan,
Thanks for your comment! Your discussion of Daniel Pink is something I need
to look into – it sounds a lot like what Michael Bungay Stanier calls “Great
Work” (my book review for his book, Find Your Great Work -
http://sidsavara.com/product-reviews/find-your-...
)

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:52:42 +0000

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:52:42 +0000

By: dandv

dandv — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:16:35 +0000

I like the balanced stance you took on this matter. Indeed, if you're overwhelmed, it's better not to stretch yourself too thing; however, often we claim we are too busy to do something, when actually we don't accomplish much in that "busy" time.

In particular, I liked the "HELL YEAH" approach because it relates well to Daniel Pink's new operating system for businesses - a set of simple rules for what to do:

It's an approach built much more around intrinsic motivation
Around the desire to do things because they matter,
because we like it,
because they're interesting,
because they're part of something important

PS: Sid, this blog entry doubles the content - the second half if a repeat of the first half.

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:22:22 +0000

Hey Alex,

Thanks for your comment!

I think you're right - it's definitely better to actively choose what we do
than just letting the whims dictate which way we go. Like you, though I am
focused on a few projects, I still enjoy saying HELL WHY NOT and giving some
new activities a chance

By: alexfayle

alexfayle — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:35:28 +0000

I lived most of my life with HELL WHY NOT? and found that I was doing a trial and error approach to my goals. When I choose the HELL YES! approach I got specific and took control of the decisions in my life for the first time. I acted instead of reacting.

Of course I didn't go to the extreme – I still say HELL WHY NOT? and have lots of fun exploring new things, but I do try to focus on finding more HELL YES! moments.