1. How to Design a Life of Yes!
Saya Hillman
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Life of Yes.

4. Step 1 to design a life of yes:
identify your ingredients
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7. Step 2:
embrace your suckage
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Dance
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Stepping
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Fear Experiment

11. Step 3:
scratch your itch
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13. “A weekend retreat worth a million
words and all I can say is that
my heart is fuller than it
has been in 31.5 years.”
- participant
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15. Step 4 to design a life of yes:
value your superpowers
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18. Step 5:
value simplicity
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19. “Everything is simple
until you make it complicated.”
– Jason Fried, 37Signals
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20. Step 6:
nike it!
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22. Step 7:
cater to (lots of) everyday people
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23. Step 8:
make ‘em laugh and cry
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26. Step 9 to design a life of yes:
be experienced-focused
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27. Step 10:
stick out
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29. Step 11:
continue pouring the kool-aid
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30. Step 12:
fill holes
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31. “Most people are not crying in public,
but everyone is always in need
of something that another
person can give.”
- Jonathan SafranFoer
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32. Conditions for authentic relationships –
• proximity
• repeated, unplanned interactions
• a setting that encourages people to let
their guard down and confide in each
other
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33. 1. Identify your ingredients
2. Embrace your suckage
3. Scratch your itch
4. Value your superpowers
5. Value simplicity
6. Nike it!
7. Cater to (lots of) everyday people
8. Make „em laugh and cry
9. Be experienced-focused
10. Stick out
11. Continue pouring the kool-aid
12. Fill holes
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Steps to Design a Life of Yes

34. Thank You!
Saya Hillman
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