One of the things that stood out to me during my marathon training was how easy it became for me to say “no” to so many things. For those of you who don’t know me, I have always had a tough time saying “no.” However, during my marathon training I found that if an activity had the potential of sidelining my training it was an automatic “no!”
For instance, I didn’t skateboard at all during my training. I watched my family play flag football on Thanksgiving.
I know those sound lame but the reality is that I wasn’t going to waste months of my life training only to sprain my ankle on a skateboard.
It is easy to say “no” to things that you don’t want to do. Most of us don’t struggle with that! However, many of us struggle with saying “no” to the good so we can say “YES” to the great!
In less than 7 hours we are going to be entering into a brand new year. What good things are you going to say “NO” to in 2010 so that you can say “YES” to the great things that come your way?
Great reminder.
Thanks, Jeff!
I agree with you. My ISSUE is that I have too much purpose and passion… I don’t lack in those areas. I want to do everything all the time! I love what I do so it makes it tough for me to say no. I recently got a call from a pastor on Christmas Eve. He wanted to talk church… I told him, I had to go immediately because my family was sitting there. That was hard because I love that guy and his church but it was Christmas Eve! All that to say, I agree… see ya in Vegas
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