Take the Yes Man Challenge: 30 Days To Change Your Life By Saying Yes

Master Gentleman
7 min readJan 12, 2022

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Who has never dreamed of being answered “yes” to the phrase “you don’t have 50 euros” or “you lend me your cash” ? From today, by taking the Yes Man Challenge you will be the one who answers “yes” . And it will do you good!

In this article, you will discover the benefits of the Yes Man Challenge !! on your social life, your self-confidence and your love life!

Before being a “Yes Man challenge”, it is above all the title of a film on the positive state of mind of Peyton Reed released in 2008.

In this film, Jim Carrey plays Carl, a bad banker in his life who spends his evenings watching movies rented from the video store (yes, before Netflix and streaming we went to the video store. If you never did that it ‘s is that you are too young!) and refuses to answer calls from friends.

One day, when Carl is very depressed in front of his bank because he has been refused promotion, he comes across an old acquaintance who has become another man, who sees life in pink.

And for good reason: he is now a “Yes Man”!

Carl misses his best friend’s engagement party and he, furious, confronts him. “If you don’t change you will end up all alone in your corner. All alone, Carl! Alone ! “

The prospect not being enticing, Carl decides to change and become the best version of himself: Yes Man is The quintessential personal development movie.

If you’ve never watched it, take the time to do so, it’s a click that can only be positive!

And just like Carl, today I’m going to inspire you to change with quotes from this very cool movie that is Yes Man!

“You are dead, Carl. You say no to life, therefore, you don’t live. “

“You make excuses for those around you, and for yourself. … You’ve been stuck in the same job without a future for years, you don’t have a partner, you don’t even have a vague girlfriend to go out with.

You lost the woman of your life because she no longer wanted to be with a man who lives in slow motion. “

When Carl attends his first “Yes Man” convention, this is the speech given to him by Terrence, the instigator of this way of life, the guru of positive thinking. And it’s true, in the end.

How many times have you refused to go out because you were “too tired”, or had “too much work”?

Of course, work is no exception, especially when you are a student. But going out with friends, it allows you to release the pressure ! Don’t tell me you can’t be free at least one night a week.

“I drank some Redbulls! Have you ever had Redbull? I had never drunk Redbull but then I drank Redbull that night I love Redbull !! “

The official drink of Yes Man. You are going to be tired, that’s for sure. But it is bad for good.

Raj, from the Autodisciple Youtube channel, tested the “Yes Man Challenge” for 30 days. He explains that he was tired, of course, but above all he was very happy with this experience.

According to him, this challenge is the most effective way to be happy and feel good about yourself because you are positive.

This challenge also allowed him, like Carl in the film, to do things that he would never have imagined doing before.

Seizing all the opportunities that present themselves means meeting a lot more people ( handy for flirting with girls! ), Having a lot more adventures and increasing your chances in life.

By agreeing to go to work on a Saturday when his colleague in the running for the promotion, he refused, it is Carl who gets the promotion.

So yes, you are going to be tired. But you will love the result! Being a Yes Man is an investment that pays off in the long term!

“ Wake up ! You’re missing out on something called life. ”

(It was the best possible gif to illustrate this part of the article. If so.)

The movie synopsis tells us that Carl says “yes” to everything for a year. But we, fond spectators of his transformation, do not see the time passing.

So we see Carl in front of a cork board with some classified ads hanging on it. “I want to take guitar lessons, I want to learn to fly, yes I would like to learn Korean”.

And all this serves him in the film, since it is thanks to Korean that he manages to cheer up a woman who refuses to help him in the organization of a party.

Learning a language, for example, can open a lot of doors for you!

Not only will you be able to seduce women who will appreciate the effort you make to get in touch with them, but it can also be very beneficial at the professional level!

What good is it for you to go to work / study (to work later) if you don’t spend the money you earn?

Keep this in mind : you will not be buried with your money. And still, you couldn’t use it.

So enjoy it. Do things. Learn to play an instrument. Learn a new language. Travel. Meet people and open up to the world.

“The world is a playground, all children know that, but we end up forgetting it when we grow up…”

“Why so serious? “ Said one of our favorite villains.

It’s true ! When we are children, we are carefree, we smile at life, we are not afraid of anything. And then we grow up, we are asked to reason with ourselves, we are given responsibilities. Hard blow !

How many times have we said or heard things like “I don’t have time for this childishness?” “ (Yes,” childish perfectly. And with the precious accent please).

We don’t have time, we never have time. But we don’t take time. And it’s a vicious cycle. Metro, work, sleep. And where is the fun in all of this?

“I don’t know how people manage to live in the same boring routine every day, I shoot myself”

It is Alysson, the girl Carl meets and who will change his life, who pronounces this sentence. And she is right! Without needing a gun, it’s the routine itself that is killing us!

A stupid example: have you noticed how older people who are active look more fit than other people? It’s normal ! If we do nothing, we will rust!

By dint of hearing you answer “no” to everything they offer, your friends won’t even bother to call you when they do something. And you will gradually come out of their circle of friends. You’ve got a tear in your eye, aren’t you?

More seriously: no work, no studies are worth that you prevent yourself from living. The end is only money.

Of course, the society in which we operate is based on the economy. But what about values ​​like friendship? The sharing ?

Earning money in order to earn money, that doesn’t make sense. So splurge! Raj, whom I told you about earlier, had the opportunity to spend a few days in the apartment of a complete stranger in Madrid thanks to this challenge.

He explained what the challenge was, the guy offered him the keys to his apartment. Raj said “yes”. Seriously guys, don’t you mind an apartment in Madrid?

So certainly, financially, it can cost a small investment. But you don’t have to say “yes” to everything.

The principle is to relearn how to say yes. It is to be a positive and open person. The Yes Man challenge is above all to help you develop positive thinking !

The essence of the Yes Man Challenge: “When you say yes to things, anything becomes possible. “

Once again, Terrence has the right words. Of course, in the film, everything is exaggerated : when Carl refuses something, there is always dirt after him and he thinks he is cursed.

In his video, Raj tells us that when he didn’t feel like doing something in the Yes Man Challenge, and so when he didn’t expect anything from that thing, it always turned out to be fun and interesting in the end.

He also explains to us that during this one month experience, no one tried to abuse him, and that the people were quite benevolent. So get started!

To say yes is to step out of your comfort zone because you are doing things that you have never done before. If you are offered to do, say, BMX, you might just beat yourself up.

But you will have tried, you will have an anecdote to tell and you might even choose to progress, you might just love it!

It is certain that the one who does not take any risk never gets hurt and never fails. But at this point, you might as well not leave your home because you can be run over by a car.

Of course, I am exaggerating. But I want to make you think about the implications of the Yes Man Challenge.

Meeting between friends. What do you have to say? Monday ? You went to work. Tuesday ? Same. Wednesday ? Same. And the 7 th day, he rests. No. It’s not a life, that!

“We are not spectators of life, my friend. “

You have to be an actor in your life . The key is you. No one can live for you. You can choose to watch life go by. Or you can decide to live your life.

Life is too short not to enjoy it, guys. So make the most of it.

If you’ve always wanted to take on the harmonica, if you dream of a trip to Japan, if you want to date this girl , then go for it.

Saying “yes” to everything starts with saying “yes” to yourself.

So, are you ready for the Yes Man Challenge?

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Master Gentleman
Master Gentleman

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