watched "Yes Man" with the usual suspects yesterday and it proved to be much more interesting than i expected it to be. some people might say that this show is pretty similar to "Liar Liar" but it's pretty different in a sense that this show's not over-the-top and i guess we can all relate to it in our everyday life. it's definitely one of jim carrey's best show in a long while (number 23 was pretty good too though)

saying yes opens up opportunities. i must say that i totally agree with this, although you weigh your options and priorities to what you're saying yes to instead of just saying yes to everything that comes your way like how carl did in the show. if the opportunity that comes your way would not hinder your original schedule or affect some things that are important to you, you should say yes, even if it's something that you only have a little interest in, you'll never know what you'll get yourself into (although it's not all the time that good things will happen).

a lot of times we dwell too much on the outcome of an activity even before we engage into it (aka thinking to much) and being brought up in a largely conservative environment doesn't help this cause. people tend to think of the worst case scenario when presented with an opportunity that they didn't expect or foreign to them. it's sort of like predicting failure even before you start on something. or the other kind of person would try to predict the permutations of scenarios that might happen depending on his/her actions.

it's during the times that we think too much while deciding to do something that we miss a lot of opportunities, be it learn a new skill, meet new people, gain new things, or even a chance to know a girl that you like better. even if you're who thinks alot, it would really help to not think when deciding and you can ponder what you've done after you've actually done something instead of trying to thinking of what would eventually happen and end up not doing it.

the only pitfall of this is not knowing when to say no (no man no man no man no man), like how carl didn't know how to say no to the old lady (gross).

so why did i end up writing this after watching yes man. i was talking to anand about some stuff when i was driving him back. the conversation kind of intrigued me as i thought about the movie and how it could happen in our everyday lives.

all i can say is that when making a decision, just do it first and think about it later. even if it's a project, it might turn out bad or not as well, but at the end of the day, you'll definitely benefit from it, somehow some way.