Shonda Rhimes - Year of Yes

I came across Shonda Rhimes' book "Year of Yes",  a few years ago.  The blurb introduced the author as the creator of Grey's Anatomy and other series. I am not familiar with the series but nonetheless was curious enough to flip through the pages though not the entire book. I told myself good idea, I should also try and say Yes when I can and try to do more diverse things, attempt new things especially ones that I am bit scared of or am uncomfortable doing. Anyways, that was that. I left it at that, I do remember my trying new things and then Covid struck and that was such a closed phase for the entire world. 

Many years later today, I got a summary of the book via The Four Minute books. You can read the sumamry here - https://fourminutebooks.com/year-of-yes-summary/.  

Here is a quote from the book:

“I'm not merely lucky. No one who succeeds is merely lucky. Lucky implies I didn't do anything. Lucky implies something was given to me. Lucky implies that I was handed something I did not earn, that I did not work hard for. I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don't call me lucky. Call me a badass.” ― Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes

Now I am more than ready to read the book cover to cover, adding it to my bucket list.

Here's a link to the TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmj-azFbpkA&ab_channel=TED