Do you ever find yourself thinking or even worse saying Yeah, But? Did you know that Yeah, Buts are among the numerous weasel words of life that keep you from getting to where you want to go? How many times a day have we heard someone say:
We know that there is a problem because of the word Yeah acknowledges the problem.
However, we would rather make excuses through the word But than take the necessary action.
Yeah Buts are very devious because they are contagious self imposed limitations.
This phrase belongs to the genus of Weasel Words that keep human beings from reaching their potential.
Other weasel words include:
The action to open that front door is far more difficult to take than to go out that opened back door.
When Yeah Buts are used within a group, they quickly spread like wild fire.
Quickly all the group members are infected with the Yeah, Buts.
Most human beings want to improve, to reach that next level, but they are also negatively conditioned due to their childhood experiences.
These two forces are always working against each other.
The Yeah Buts and the other Weasel Words help to leverage the existing negative conditioning.
If you truly want to realize greater self improvement, then remove the Yeah Buts from your spoken words as well as your unspoken thoughts.
By embracing such a self improvement technique into your daily behaviors, you will help to unleash all of your potential in your ongoing quest to get to where you want to go.
- Yeah, I could lose weight, but I am too stressed out?
- Yeah, we could sell more widgets but our customer service people need to be better?
- Yeah, we know children could do better in school, but we need more money?
We know that there is a problem because of the word Yeah acknowledges the problem.
However, we would rather make excuses through the word But than take the necessary action.
Yeah Buts are very devious because they are contagious self imposed limitations.
This phrase belongs to the genus of Weasel Words that keep human beings from reaching their potential.
Other weasel words include:
- Could of
- Would of
- Should of
- Think
- Maybe
- Might
- May
- Try
The action to open that front door is far more difficult to take than to go out that opened back door.
When Yeah Buts are used within a group, they quickly spread like wild fire.
Quickly all the group members are infected with the Yeah, Buts.
Most human beings want to improve, to reach that next level, but they are also negatively conditioned due to their childhood experiences.
These two forces are always working against each other.
The Yeah Buts and the other Weasel Words help to leverage the existing negative conditioning.
If you truly want to realize greater self improvement, then remove the Yeah Buts from your spoken words as well as your unspoken thoughts.
By embracing such a self improvement technique into your daily behaviors, you will help to unleash all of your potential in your ongoing quest to get to where you want to go.