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Excellent (as ever!). Thanx a ton! You made my day!

Posted by K.Sriram at January 9, 2006 8:40 PM

I'm delighted that you've chosen this wonderful quote to mention on your site. I wish I could take credit for writing it. I am, however, quoting the improv guru Keith Johnstone, who wrote this in his book, IMPRO, first published in 1979. His reminder of the rewards of yes-saying are timely, I believe, as we seem to have been growing into a country of nay-sayers. We could make 2006 the year we say YES to our highest aspirations.
Patricia Ryan Madson
Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show up

Posted by Patricia Ryan Madson at January 10, 2006 12:13 AM

patricia,
thanks for the clarification. on another front, i do the cool friend interviews here at tp.com and i'd like to talk to you about your book. will you send me an email so we can connect?
erikhansen at tompeters.com.
thanks.

Posted by Erik Hansen at January 10, 2006 11:16 AM

Very nice and very good blog.

Posted by Medman at January 11, 2006 9:42 PM

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Posted by Kim Thompson at January 13, 2006 10:57 AM

You can’t be saying “yes” all the time because there are about 100 billion times as much things to do as you could possibly do in a lifetime (and that’s just the fun stuff). Too much “experience” and you wind up living a shallow existence as you hurl from one barely understood situation to another. Even the most adventurous people say NO 99.98% of the time. The trick is to not let it get up to 99.99%. I think it would be more accurate to say that people who say no are rewarded with mastery and people who say yes are rewarded with ulcers.

Posted by John at January 21, 2006 1:16 AM