Fortunate People Say No

A thoughtful response to “Creative People Say No.”

Here’s a different idea about how creativity and success works: you have to say ‘yes’ for a long while before you can earn the right to say ‘no.’ Even then, you usually can’t say ‘no’ at whim. By the time you can say ‘no’ indiscriminately, then you’re already so super-privileged that being able to say ‘no’ is not a prerequisite of success, but a result of it. —Ian Bogost

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  • Young people: DO WHAT YOU'RE F***ING TOLD. Learn that or it's over before you've begun.

    • I'd rather young people do what's right, not just what they're told to do.

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Dennis G. Jerz

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