The Yak-Yak Rule
Do you know the Yak-Yak rule?
We’ve all got that special person in our life. You know them because of what they are “going to do” someday.
The wise man warned about leading this kind of life.
“In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty.” Proverbs 14:23
Let me translate that into our language, if all you do is talk about what you are going to do, then you will be poor.”
So what do we say, stay away from people who live their life this way? Yes. we could say that friends with the yak yak habit will live in pain and bring pain to those around them. We could also note that life by the yak yak rule is one of underachieving.
But what we really should say is that sometimes I live with the yak yak rule.
Sometimes it is me.
Sometimes it is you.
So how can I tell if I live by the yak yak rule? Here is how: make a list of all the good plans you were going to do but never got around to it. Look at all the projects you started but never finished. Those are pretty good indicators of a yak yak personality.
Everybody does that sometimes but not everybody makes a habit.
What is the antidote? Start something and get it done. See it through to its completion. Maybe start with some simple things and build a habit. By so doing, you can overcome the Yak-Yak rule.
Lonnie Davis