Yes

= No Worksheet

Each day, we face a series of choices and decide what to say yes to and what to say
no to. Sometimes these choices are unconscious. To begin the process of
transforming your life and career, we must raise these choices to consciousness.

By saying YES to: I am saying NO to:

1. __________________________________________ 1. __________________________________________

_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

2. __________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________

____________________________________________ ____________________________________________

3. __________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________

_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

4. __________________________________________ 4. __________________________________________

_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________


I must say NO to: In order to say YES to:

1. __________________________________________ 1. __________________________________________

_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

2. __________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________

____________________________________________ ____________________________________________

3. __________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________

_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

4. __________________________________________ 4. __________________________________________

_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

Carly Goldsmith Coaching * Boston, MA * 617-398-6542 * carly@carlygoldsmith.com * www.carlygoldsmith.com

Instructions
To use this worksheet, start with the top‐left box and move clockwise following
these 4 steps:
1. In the top‐left‐box, list out all the things you say Yes to in a given day related to your
career (tasks and projects at work, meetings and conference calls, committees,
volunteer positions, etc)
2. In the top‐right‐box, list out all the things you want to do but don’t have time to do
because you are saying Yes to other things (work on developing a new skill, work on
a strategic project that will get you better known to leadership, get a board position,
going back to school, etc)
3. In the bottom‐right‐box, list out all the things you want to say Yes to
4. In the bottom‐left‐box, list out all the things you are willing to start saying No to
(draw from the items in the top‐left‐box) in order to open up space to say Yes to the
items you listed in the bottom‐right‐box.

Carly Goldsmith Coaching * Boston, MA * 617-398-6542 * carly@carlygoldsmith.com * www.carlygoldsmith.com