Comments on: Happiness Math: Yesands vs Nobuts http://powazek.com/posts/857 It's pronounced poe-WAH-zek. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Antonio Cavedoni http://powazek.com/posts/857/comment-page-1#comment-2199 Antonio Cavedoni Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:20:58 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/857#comment-2199 This reminds me a bit of the good ol’ <a href="http://gandalf.it/m/yesbut.htm" rel="nofollow">yesbutters vs. whynotters</a>. This reminds me a bit of the good ol’ yesbutters vs. whynotters.

]]> By: Julie http://powazek.com/posts/857/comment-page-1#comment-2072 Julie Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:55:53 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/857#comment-2072 Oh my God, speaking of Vicky Pollard -- must-have: http://www.bbcshop.com/invt/01725 Oh my God, speaking of Vicky Pollard — must-have: http://www.bbcshop.com/invt/01725

]]> By: Julie http://powazek.com/posts/857/comment-page-1#comment-2071 Julie Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:53:53 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/857#comment-2071 I say "yes, but" way too much, and it usually means I agree but there's more that neither of us have even mentioned yet... kind of an invitation to go wild and brainstorm. I suppose I should use "yes, and"... Anytime we use either phrase at our house it immediately dissolves into the above-mentioned Vicky Pollard yeah-but-no-but-yeah hilarity. Every single time. I say “yes, but” way too much, and it usually means I agree but there’s more that neither of us have even mentioned yet… kind of an invitation to go wild and brainstorm. I suppose I should use “yes, and”…

Anytime we use either phrase at our house it immediately dissolves into the above-mentioned Vicky Pollard yeah-but-no-but-yeah hilarity. Every single time.

]]> By: Mike http://powazek.com/posts/857/comment-page-1#comment-2070 Mike Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:42:19 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/857#comment-2070 To Stefanie's point: http://yesand.com/ To Stefanie’s point: http://yesand.com/

]]> By: gregory http://powazek.com/posts/857/comment-page-1#comment-2067 gregory Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:17:01 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/857#comment-2067 i used to be such a nice guy, make everybody like themselves, and so of course they liked me. then one day, i don't know what happened, but something switched. i started seeing people's shit, and told them about it. now those people hate me, and leave me alone, and i have to say it is quite preferable... enjoy, gregory i used to be such a nice guy, make everybody like themselves, and so of course they liked me. then one day, i don’t know what happened, but something switched. i started seeing people’s shit, and told them about it. now those people hate me, and leave me alone, and i have to say it is quite preferable…

enjoy, gregory

]]> By: Banky the hack http://powazek.com/posts/857/comment-page-1#comment-2066 Banky the hack Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:39:37 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/857#comment-2066 Yes, Derek, the nobuts have little to offer conversation and the ecosystem of ideas. Good point. And you also might consider that measuring happiness with the ratio of yesands to nobuts might resemble something closer to co-depenedency than fulfillment. I wonder if its just yet another way to classify good and evil and if only we surrounded ourselves with more "good" people, the world would be a better place. Yes, Derek, the nobuts have little to offer conversation and the ecosystem of ideas. Good point. And you also might consider that measuring happiness with the ratio of yesands to nobuts might resemble something closer to co-depenedency than fulfillment. I wonder if its just yet another way to classify good and evil and if only we surrounded ourselves with more “good” people, the world would be a better place.

]]> By: Stefanie Noble http://powazek.com/posts/857/comment-page-1#comment-2065 Stefanie Noble Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:27:53 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/857#comment-2065 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvisational_theatre#Improv_process" rel="nofollow">This is a cardinal rule in improv theater</a>. Don't deny your group and start to work towards better "group mind". This is a cardinal rule in improv theater. Don’t deny your group and start to work towards better “group mind”.

]]> By: Hanan Cohen http://powazek.com/posts/857/comment-page-1#comment-2064 Hanan Cohen Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:07:50 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/857#comment-2064 Yes, but you are ignoring the hardest case - Yesbuts. They supposedly agree with you but actually don't. Yesbuts muddle the conversation and spins it in a way that leaves no way to go ahead with anything. Yes, but you are ignoring the hardest case – Yesbuts.

They supposedly agree with you but actually don’t.

Yesbuts muddle the conversation and spins it in a way that leaves no way to go ahead with anything.

]]> By: Paul M. Watson http://powazek.com/posts/857/comment-page-1#comment-2063 Paul M. Watson Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:55:50 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/857#comment-2063 Yes, but be careful you don't end up sounding like a complete and total prat who always uses "yes, and" even when they completely disagree. I've heard that "be positivie no matter what" technique used by some managers during design discussions and it comes over as false and condescending. Mix it up a bit, favouring the positive side. BTW, watch an episode of Little Britain with Vicky Pollard who does an hilarious "Yeah, but no, but yeah, but no, but yeah" line. Yes, but be careful you don’t end up sounding like a complete and total prat who always uses “yes, and” even when they completely disagree. I’ve heard that “be positivie no matter what” technique used by some managers during design discussions and it comes over as false and condescending.

Mix it up a bit, favouring the positive side.

BTW, watch an episode of Little Britain with Vicky Pollard who does an hilarious “Yeah, but no, but yeah, but no, but yeah” line.

]]> By: Jeremy http://powazek.com/posts/857/comment-page-1#comment-2062 Jeremy Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:37:51 +0000 http://powazek.com/posts/857#comment-2062 What about "Yesbuts" and "Noands"? What about “Yesbuts” and “Noands”?

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