Your Next Level Requires Fewer, Better YESes
- Jennie López
- Feb 17
- 2 min read
I got inspired to share this one with you this week!
If you say YES to everything…
you’ll end up exhausted, distracted, and wondering why your BIG goals still feel far away.
This year, I said NO to two different projects. Good, visible and ego-feedding projects. But they didn’t align with my top priorities.
And here’s what most high-achievers get wrong:
You think saying YES makes you relevant.
But saying YES to the wrong things makes you unavailable for the RIGHT one.
Then came a YES.
An opportunity that led me to:
Publish the first LATIN Journal for Los Angeles Tribune
Produce a 6-hour live/virtual/hybrid show
Collaborate with Zumba and Los Angeles Tribune
Did I know how to do any of that? Heck no.
Did I feel the fear of “But I don’t know how…”?
Absolutely!!!!
And that right there?
That’s where most leaders freeze.
But instead of asking,
“Can I do this?”
I asked:
What’s the outcome?
Who can mentor me quickly?
What resources do I already have?
What skills do I bring and what skills will I intentionally develop?
What’s the NEXT best step?
One step at a time… un pasito pa' lante!
Three months later?
BOOM! Expansion. Growth. Confidence on another level.
Here’s the truth your burnout is trying to tell you:
-Say NO to what drains your focus.
-Say YES to what stretches your identity.
There is no downside to saying YES to aligned expansion.
Only upside (PA'RRIBA) growth, skills, courage, impact.
Your job isn’t to know how. Your job is to decide who you’re becoming.
So let me ask you…
Are you saying YES from fear of missing out…
or from alignment with who you are becoming?
Choose wisely.
Your future is built on that answer.
xo, Jennie
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