You can get out of your comfort zone easily and live the exciting life you have always dreamed for yourself by saying one word. That word is ‘YES’.

I remember watching the movie Yes Man, where Jim Carrey plays the character of Carl Allen who always said no to doing stuff with friends after his divorce from his wife. As the movie progresses Carl goes on a seminar where he is called out by the speaker who makes him promise to say yes to any invitation, request that comes his way. What follows is a series of hilarious consequences that is both inspiring and scary.

I probably watched this movie up to ten times at various points in my life because it resonated with me then and somehow still does. A lot of people fall within the category whose first reaction to an invitation is to look for reasons not to attend (I use to make up a part of this number).

I read an article about Shonda Rhimes (creator of Grey’s Anatomy). She wrote a book titled ‘Year of Yes’. How she went through a period of saying yes for a whole year and had amazing changes happen in her life. I can tell you the same thing happened to me after following the yes principle (from watching Yes Man) and it can for you also. I made new friends, went on trips, saw new places and learned new skills.

Getting out of your comfort zone and saying yes more often to invitations could easily be one of the life-changing things that you could incorporate easily into your life. You can make small big life changes by saying yes more often to hanging out with friends, going on a road trip, visiting family, taking that impromptu weekend trip.

Want to change your life? Make it more exciting? Try saying yes for a week or two weeks to things you would normally not say yes to. After, evaluate the results and see if you would like to continue, I can bet you definitely would.