2008 was a great year with movies such as The Dark Knight, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Seven Pounds and many more, but one of my top 5 movies from 2008 is without doubt Yes Man with Jim Carrey. As a comedy the movie is far from being something special but I truly love the message in it.
Life! We are all living it — or are we?
What is a Yes Man?
Forget everything you have previously learned about the traditional Yes Man who sits quietly and always agrees with his employer or superior. The 21 century Yes Man celebrates life and takes advantage of every opportunity by always saying yes when his friends asks him to tag along.
You’re dead, Carl. You say “no” to life and therefore, you’re not living. You make up excuses to the people around you and to yourself. You’re stuck in the same dead end job you’ve had for years. You don’t have anything close to a girlfriend, and you lost the love of your life because she couldn’t be with someone who didn’t live theirs.
In the movie Jim Carrey manages to learn Korean, learn how to play guitar, learn how to fly and finds his true love by deciding to become a Yes Man.
The secret behind becoming a Yes Man is simply to stop hiding behind your excuses. Instead of saying “no”, just say “yes” and go out with your friends and have the time of your life. I promise when you grow old you will fret all the things you did not do and remember all the things you did.
Yes is the new no! Start learning to say yes to life today!
Two Week Challenge
Starting Monday next week I want you to become a Yes Man and say yes to everything in life for the next fourteen days. I promise you it will not only change your view on life but also bring you out on adventures you never thought would become true.
When you have completed your fourteen days challenge I want you to come back and share your experiences below by leaving a comment. What did you take part in? Tell me about your two weeks as a true Yes Man.
Yes Man Trailer
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Does that mean I have to say yes every time my daughter wants money?
Really, it is a good tactic, I may play along with you and see what happens (well except for the $$ questions from my daughter!)
I would actually go all the way and also say yes to your daughter. How much money can she spend in a two week period? There might come something great out of it. I also recommend you to watch the Yes Man-movie before or after your challenge. You might get a different point of view after watching it.
I actually do say yes to her, I was just being sarcastic
, she is only 4 and a quarter is like winning the lottery to her….
Oh, then it’s going to get a lot more expensive.
I’m afraid of this challenge, but I’m going for it and I’ll let you know how it goes. By the way I really love the movie, so much that I’ll watch it again now
The movie is truly worth watching again. Just remember to avoid telling your friends about it or they might take advantage of it and force you into running naked, etc. I’m looking forward to hear how it goes.
Hi Stefan!
Love this new design of your blog. You’re right about the excuses that people use as a cover. I’d like to take that challenge but should I say yes to things that are against my fundamental principles? I’m afraid I can’t but of course I want to know how great this life and world can be if I say yes to (almost) all offers.
Cheers!
P.S. : Good luck with your 365-post-in-365-days ambition! I’m working on it, too! Google loves frequently updated blogs, so I heard.
Well, it depends. As long as you are not inflicting anyone pain, psychical as mental, I say go for it. Are you thinking about anything in particular?
hey stefan! my sister and i are watching the yes man movie and i seen it atleast 5 times and i thought about saying yes to everything and then i typed how to become a yes man on google and s here i am and i am going to start saying yes to everything and by the way i 14 years old
Thanks for y0ur post. I like this movie to. It was through a friend of a friend, who recommended me this movie this time last year. Like yourself i like the message too.
I said yes to accompanying and to giving direction to a friend who was driving for the first time beyond the local suburb today. For my friend it was a big deal to go outside her comfort zone.
I am glad I said yes to help my friend, because I have helped my friend to build confidence when driving.
Also, I convinced my friend to say yes, to watching YES MAN today. It was a movie i have told my friend to watch for more than a year, and finally my friend has seen it. Again, I am glad that my friend said yes, because watching this film has given my friend more confidence to do things that my friend would not normally do.
Some friends just needs some support and encouragement. I like giving my friends reasons/benefits on why they should…for eg. go out/see this movie etc.
sometimes that helps a person who is comfortably in their zone/or are affraid of changes…to reconsider.