# Every YES is a NO to Something Else Every commitment you make implicitly declines every alternative you could have pursued with that same time, energy, or money. This is the behavioral face of [[Value exists because we're finite beings with infinite wants|finite resources meeting infinite wants]]. ## Related - [[Many Floors, One Ceiling, the Rest in Rotation]] — makes the "no" temporary: picking one ceiling for the season is a no to the others, but rotation queues them rather than killing them. - [[Principle - Mise En Place]] - [[You Can Do Anything but You Can Do Everything]] - [[Consistency Requires Boundaries]]