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Steph Little One little word can change your life OK, Danny. Would you like to come to my place tonight for dinner? she says, after falling for this loveable television-producer-turned-bestselling author. Following the huge successes of Are You Dave Gorman? (the one question side-kick and co-author Danny was probably getting a bit sick of hearing himself), Join Me and Random Acts of Kindness, Danny Wallace returns with a book that –according to the San Francisco Bay Guardian- has the potential to change your life. After being dumped by his girlfriend, Danny finds himself turning down invites to the pub and spending an increasing amount of time alone in his flat making cups of tea. Then one day, a mysterious chap on a bus says three small, yet magical words. ‘Say Yes more.’ So he does. In fact, he makes a promise to his best friend that he will say Yes to every thing that comes his way for the next 12 months… and just see where it takes him. While this bout of serendipitous madness may be considered by most as an admirable pastime and surely a one-way ticket to having a bloody great time, Danny’s chronic Yes-syndrome begins to take over his life. In the twelve months that follow, Danny travels to Amsterdam (prepare yourself for his pant-wettingly funny encounter with a caricaturist), Singapore and South Wales. He gets a job working for Richard & Judy. He wins £25,000. He loses £25,000. He meets the love of his life. He loses the love of his life. Bound by the power of one tiny little word. While this book may not quite have the power to ‘change your life’, if it makes you laugh (it will) and encourages you even once to embrace opportunity and dice with chance (it might), then should you buy it? Yes. Danny-related trivia Danny is one of the producers responsible for ‘The Mighty Boosh’ Both Join Me and Yes Man are being made into films Danny devised and presented the BBC2 quiz show ‘School’s Out’. OK, so he’s not perfect
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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.'