Skill Up 22: Iconic Personality Skill Up and Be Spontaneous

Hi, it's me again! How are you?



I just wanna tell you that I feel so tired today. I just woke up from my sleep after 1 and a half day staying awake. Yeah that's true. I think you noticed it in my voice.



You might think of the reason why. No worries, it's just one of the consequences of being a "YES-MAN". 



Oh! Yes-man means a person who agrees with everything their employer, leader, or anyone says in order to please them.



So this is what happened. A week ago, my cousin told me that he needed some help for his wedding, but it's just for the renewal of their vows that's why he said that it'll just be a simple celebration. But, little did I know that they didn't plan much for it and on the day before the wedding there were still a lot of things to be done. 



So as a yes-man/yes-person, I was of service to them. I offered a lot of help from designing the church and designing the candles, to preparing the video presentation that will be played during the reception.



Take note: I have to wake up early for the next day since the wedding will start at 9:30 am. Curious why I should wake up early? Because again, I'm a yes-person so I also said yes when my other cousin who is a make up artist asked for assistance. Knowing myself, I know I can't wake up early if I sleep since I did a lot of things for the entire day. So I didn't sleep until 5 am just to arrive early to the hotel.



On the day of the wedding, without sleep, I played three roles which are really exhausting. First from being an assistant to the stylist, to doing the technical for the sound system and finally, being the instant official photographer so imagine doing all those three just because I have an auto answer to all requests which is a YES. It's really tiring to the point that my high heels got broken so I have to walk barefooted until the event finished.



I believe that if we will have a trip down to the memory lane about that wedding, they will remember my broken shoe or me being a YES-MAN... All the time.



Experiencing these things almost every time when someone asks even for a simple request or even when I still have a lot of things to do make people remember me for being a YES-MAN or a person whom they know won't reject their requests. I think, I am doing this not because I want to please people but because I want to avoid conflict or argument with others.



But, as time passes by, I noticed that it's giving a positive result to others but not to me. So I started working on it by trying to say NO in some requests that I believe I can't accomplish or commit to. 



In your case, what do you think is your personality that people will remember? Mind sharing it to me and tell me why.



I hope you'll be a yes-man as well when I request you to use these vocabulary that I used earlier.



1. YES-MAN - (noun) a person who agrees with everything their employer, leader, or anyone says in order to please them.

2. BE OF SERVICE - to help or be useful to someone.

3. TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE - it refers to an occasion when people remember or talk about things that happened in the past.



So, say YES and start telling me your cool personality.