Feeling Overwhelmed?
May 23, 2007
I was just reading Tim Sander’s blog and his post on delegation and overwhelm was so great, I had to write about it. How many times do you find yourself saying yes to every project or every new client because you don’t want to turn away work? I imagine it happens often. Well, according to Tim, it doesn’t need to!
“Before you week is over, tell someone you can’t.
That’s right, just say no.
Don’t let people delegate to you when you are full of your own plans.”
The thing is, we all have to say no at one point if you want to maintain your sanity. When someone comes to my business looking for a specific service that I don’t offer, I simply say, “No, I’m sorry, that isn’t something to do but please contact ‘x’ and they’d be happy to help you with that if they have the time and capacity to do so.”
So just say no… That’s my second challenge for the week. Say no to at least one thing this week and you’ll feel better about your own workload.
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