Say no.
It’s the defense against doing too much and it assumes that if you do fewer things, you will do those fewer things better than if you did many things.
Extend this popular advice to saying no to more “good” things.
It’s easy to say no to things we don’t see the purpose of or things we don’t want to do. But it’s difficult to let go of things we want to do. It will hurt. It won’t feel good. People will judge you for being selfish. But that’s the tough truth of “saying no” — it frees you up to focus on finishing one thing.
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