Be a yes-person.
In life, you tend to only regret the things that you didn't do, not the things that you did.
One of the most frustrating things to hear after you tell some friends about a trip or an achievement is: 'I'd love to do that!'
Why didn't you? What, exactly, was stopping you?
People mistake somebody having good fortune or good luck with somebody seizing opportunities with both hands, and fearlessly giving it a go.
These 'yes'- people very quickly forget the stuff that didn't work out, and find that they learn from those experiences anyway. They always seem to have done the most interesting things. The only difference between them and a 'no'-person is that they weren't afraid of getting it wrong, of failing. Life is not a dress rehearsal. Too many people choose safety over opportunity, look back at their lives and remember all of the stuff that they were supposed to have done.
Say yes.
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