The Yes Effect: How Small Choices Can Spark Big Shifts
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“All these small coincidences had to happen to make the Beatles happen, and it does feel like some kind of magic. It’s one of the wonderful lessons about saying yes when life presents these opportunities to you. You never know where they might lead.” - Paul McCartney
Saying “yes” is like inviting the universe to rewrite your plans—in a good way. It could be yes to coffee, yes to a new project, or yes to that last-minute invite to a wine bar. (Which, in my case, led to meeting the person I eventually married—right after I’d sworn off dating thanks to an awkward stint on Coffee Meets Bagel. Plot twist, anyone?)
The beauty about yes is that it doesn’t demand a five-year plan. Sometimes, it just opens the door to possibilities you couldn’t have mapped out on a color-coded calendar if you tried.
The Paul McCartney quote comes from The New Yorker piece “On Writing Eleanor Rigby.” You can check it out online—or grab the downloadable copy I’ve included:
Lyrics
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
[Bridge: Paul McCartney, John Lennon & George Harrison]
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
[Verse 3: Paul McCartney]
Eleanor Rigby
Died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie
Wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved
[Outro: Paul McCartney, John Lennon & George Harrison]
All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people)
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people)
Where do they all belong?
