JAMES CLEAR

• You live in a world where you must therefore make choices. You cannot avoid regret since there are opportunity costs for every choice you will make.
• Everything in life is about opportunity costs. Every time you say “yes” to a choice, you are also saying “no” to everything else you ...

These explanations are all irrational for preferring the status quo:

• Loss Aversion: When we make decisions, we weigh the potential for loss more heavily than the potential for gain.
• Sunk Costs: We continue to invest resources like time, mone...

There are things you can do to shift around priorities, reassign tasks, and extend deadlines to relieve some pressure on your team. 

But, here’s the hard-to-hear truth: No amount of juggling will fix a workload that’s overwhelming in the first place. 

That’s why you need to recognize ...