Don't Overcommit

Speak up when your workload is too much. Tell your boss if you are stretched too thin or when you regularly work too many hours. Talk about what you can reasonably get done in a week.

Also, don't say yes to everything. If you have a hard time saying no, don't respond immediately. Instead s...

• The Indirect “No."Say no without feeling uncomfortable by explaining the reasons why you can't.
• The “Let me get back to you.”Buy yourself time to think if you could do it and come up of a way to say no.
• The Conditional “Yes.”With...

If you choose to use strategies for conscientiously flaking, try to do it rarely. 

If you have to do it often, it’s probably because you’re saying yes to too many things and the real problem is not how to get out of stuff but how to say no in the first place.