The amazing tale of what happens when you decide to say ... YES"I, Danny Wallace, being of sound mind and body, do hereby write this manifesto for my life. I swear I will be more open to opportunity. I swear I will live my life taking every available chance. I swear I will say YES to every favour, request, suggestion and invitation. I swear I will say YES where once I would have said no."
Danny Wallace had been saying no. Far too much. No to his friends, no to his colleagues, no to the pub, and no to himself. And life was dull. Dumped by his girlfriend and on a road to nowhere, it was only when a mystery man on a late-night bus uttered three magic words that his whole world started to change...
... 'SAY YES MORE'.
And Danny Did.
In the months that followed, he won £25,000. He met Buddhist monks, alien obsessives and the world's only hypnotic dog. He became a minister, an inventor, a minor television personality, and an accidental peace activist. He ended up in Singapore, in Amsterdam and a small mining town in South Wales. He lost £25,000.
Yes Man is the story of what can happen when you decide to say YES to absolutely everything. But how do you do it without anyone noticing? And what happens when someone finds out? As Danny discovered, life can become a whole lot more interesting ... and will never be the same again.
Quite easily the funniest book I've read this year, and it had me chuckling out loud. I'm a fan of Danny's work, and would also thoroughly recommend his other books: Are You Dave Gorman? (written with Dave Gorman), Join Me and 365 Random Acts of Kindness.
'Funny. Very very Funny.' Dom Joly
'This book is a treat.' Richard Madeley
'This book is a treat.' Richard Madeley
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