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long before some people asked if they could use a sec-
ond page.
Something strange and electric was filling the air as
people aired their fears and grievances. Pages were flooded
with ink, and hands and fingers had to be shaken out so
people wouldn’t cramp up from writing so much. When I
called an end to the exercise, the room was buzzing.
I had obviously let something loose that wasn’t there
before. At that moment I got my first true look at the
power of the negative. Actually, I had seen it before.
When I took the time to look back over my life, I real-
ized that saying no was always a stronger stand to take
than saying yes. Saying no is drawing a line in the sand.
It is taking a stand. It is putting your foot down. It is
passionate. It is powerful. Compared to saying no, say-
ingyes is wobbly and wishy-washy. I said yesto a thou-
sand drinks of alcohol in my life. But it wasn’t until one
hung-over suicidal morning when I said no that my life
got completely turned around. When the cave man drew
the line in the dirt outside his cave and said no to the
saber-tooth tiger, his family was finally safe.
Saying no is powerful, because it comes from the
deepest part of the soul. There are some things we just
won’t tolerate.
Once we fully understand the power of those no’s
deep inside of us, we can use them to motivate ourselves
like never before.
In the workshop I was telling you about, once the
people filled their papers up with what they didn’t want,
we got busy converting problems into goals. You don’t
want to go bankrupt? Then let’s get a prosperity plan
going! You don’t want to weigh as much as your two
best friends combined? Then let’s get a nutrition and
exercise program going! Any no can be converted to a
powerfulyes.