Action >Thinking

Feeling like you’re doing busywork is often the result of saying yes too often.  We have to let go of this idea of doing everything and pleasing everyone and being everywhere at once.

Properly manage your yeses.  So stop saying “yes” when you want to say “no.” Sometimes ...

It means looking at the world differently. Any successful person you see didn’t get there by doing the same old thing. They innovated. They adapted. They changed. Rather than thinking “Well, that’s just how it is,” you instead think “what can I do to make it better?”

Reflect on how you need to recharge—and, more than that, how doing good work depends on it:

• How much you value resting your mind so you can do better, more creative work later.
• How your focus will benefit from this attention break.
• How many great ideas come while...