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Every Yes Is a No to Something Else
- Every Yes is a No to something else. It's not that you should say no to everything; it's that you should think it through.
- uncontrolled, saying yes to requests for time will quickly block out all the other things we value—including the very things that made us successful in the first place.
- Give yourself permission to say no without guilt. You should not care about what others think of you for declining their requests!
- Say no to everything that does not support your immediate goals
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The E-3C System
E-(Energy)=You can’t make more time, but you can increase your productivity, by getting enough sleep, eating healthy, and doing meditation
C-(CAPTURE)=You must “capture” everything and anything into a notebook
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Stop Making To-Do Lists Do This Instead
Problem
- To-do lists should be called painful wish lists. A series of tasks you hope to accomplish, without a specific plan.
Solutions
- Schedule a chunk of time for everything that is important to you; this is called “time...
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How To Recover From Burnout: Every No Is Important
We are all time-constrained and saying No to certain requests frees up our time to say Yes to stuff that matters the most.
Being productive does not mean draining yourself trying to fulfill every ad hoc request of others, and is actually a great way to experience burnout.
Find your yes
Before you can become good at saying no, you have to know what you're saying yes to when you're saying no. Every opportunity that you pass with a no is really saying yes to something else.
And if you feel like saying yes, ask for time to think about it before providing an answer. It...
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