Are you a "Yes" man? or "No" man?
By ivygrey
@ivygrey (550)
Philippines
July 7, 2010 8:42pm CST
Do you find yourself always saying yes to many things, or saying no all the time? DO you think you please a lot of people if you often say yes to most of their favors? Or do you often say no and rejects those favors, DO you believe that saying no won't hurt anyone if you know when to use it.. vice versa with yes,. Or are you mostly in the middle. who knows when to say yes and when to say no...I like to balance things in many ways. but i still think that the yes and the no's are likes tests to everyone, sometimes you pass, sometimes you fail, but failures are meant so you will learn a valuable lesson and next time you won't do it again. What do you think?
12 responses
@elbailelaeman (90)
• Romania
8 Jul 10
I'm sure that I am a "YES" man! You never know when life opens you a door and the key is at you(but you don't know it). So why can't you say YES and just see what's hiding behind the door. Mhmmm interesting
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
8 Jul 10
I'm not a "Yes" man. And I'm not a "No" man either. I'm just me and I'm just being practical. Sometimes a solution demands me to make an affirmative Yes or No. Otherwise being quiet may just do the trick. It's not the Yes or No that bothers me so much as the impact of saying Yes or No or being silent. It's usually a calculated action before any of the decisions is to be made. And whether it's Yes, No or just being silent, it is best said as best as it should be said. 
@mackengift (10)
• Nigeria
8 Jul 10
am a man who defines his person very well so when i have to say yes it must be for the reason and if no then is no because i don't use sentiment but necessity to answer request
@edwardjoy2000 (2387)
• United Arab Emirates
8 Jul 10
I am a yes man....i dont know why. I have been saying yes when it came to personal life...but in some matters onj business i have now learnt to be assertive and say no. When i was in India i used to get a lot of call from insurance, mutual funds & loans...and i used to speak of a long time without saying no...But now iam working as a marketing manager and i still receive a lot of calls and i have been saying no withut wasting time,,,,
@nitram166 (28)
• Denmark
8 Jul 10
I answer with something diffirent.
I still use yes and no from my outside, but in a good and accepted way for me and my company.
Even through I have some thoughs which seems to go past all theories.. which I can´t explain that easy.
But I can tell that I have some weird feeling about EVERYTHING
@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
8 Jul 10
I can say yes or no all the time. I can easily say yes because I am honest with my decision. Even if he or she is a friend I can say no or yes to them and I know they will understand because they are a friend. Saying yes or no is a decision because we know ourselves, we know what is right and wrong for us. And sometimes it depends, I say yes because of conviviality or no because of the same reason still.
@attente (986)
• Philippines
8 Jul 10
I consider myself a yes man. Sometimes I'm afraid that a person may get mad at me, so I think I really have to say yes in everything he/she says. I know it's not good though, you really have to have your stand, making your own decision based on what is right or wrong. I just can't help it sometimes.
@rockroy (65)
• Hong Kong
8 Jul 10
Maybe I am a "yes" man.
But I think say "no" is a basic social skill.
It is hard to say "no" for me. I am trying to say "no".
@warvial (1146)
• Singapore
8 Jul 10
I think I am a "No" man majority of my time because everything I thought of, I think of all the negative outcome and thus, I always feel that I can't do this, I can't help it etc etc. Now, I have been trying hard to change myself to say "Yes", "Ok I will help" etc because I realized that a "Yes" from me can make my day much better than when I said "No".
I don't think people will be hurt if I say "No" but because so far, I haven't notice anyone being hurt from my "No" other than complaints that I am being "anti-social" for not going out for coffee etc.
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
8 Jul 10
depends on the situations.but lately i have become the 'no' man as i always say no and no to others.do not blame me as they were requesting for something nonsense, stupid, annoying and ridiculous things from me!but i do agree that sometimes my decision by saying that 'yes' or 'no' bring me the bad consequences and i learned my mistakes.hope i will know better how to say them at correct time and correct situations.
@LeoWyatt (169)
• Bulgaria
8 Jul 10
I am totally No man. I always say no to the stuff. I don't approve that but It's just who I am. i cannot change it that easy. If you want to see a movie called yes man with Jim carrey, he says no to everything and one day he decides to say yes to everything that any normal person would say no. it's funny
