Introduction

Do you spend too much of your life doing what you think you ought to do rather than what you want to do?

Many of us do that. Indeed, many of us do not do what we think we ought to do: we do what we think the people around us think we ought to do.

It’s time to focus a little more clearly on doing what you want. It’s time to focus on doing the things that will bring you the life you want. It’s time to make choices. It’s time to know when to say ‘YES’ and when to say ‘NO’.

But here’s the problem. For most of us, the challenge is not to know what is right for us: it is to choose it. This challenge is about how to say ‘YES’ and how to say ‘NO’.

If you have hopes, dreams, and a passion, you deserve the chance to fulfil them. It is the ...

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