Year of Yes
by Shonda Rhimes
Rhimes, who wrote some of the most-watched television of her era, spent a year saying yes to everything that scared her: speeches, interviews, play with her children, her own body. The memoir is funny and specific, and the point, that saying yes to fear enlarges a life, is earned through the telling.
Read it if…
you say no to anything that frightens you and have built a small life around it.
Skip it if…
you want structure; it is memoir, and loosely organized.
Three things you will actually use
- Say yes to the scary thing.
- Say yes to play; it is not optional.
- Say no to what does not deserve a yes; that is part of it.
Do this first
Say yes this week to one invitation you would normally decline out of fear.
Our verdict
Warm, funny and encouraging; a good nudge toward yes.
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