Jim Collins, famous author of the mega-bestseller Good to Great, once suggested that instead of to-do lists, we should make "stop-doing" lists. Because in obsessing over to-do lists full of things that don't really matter, we spend less time saying yes to the things that do.
Here are seven things
the most successful people say no to on a regular basis. Perhaps you
should too?
1. They say no to
opportunities and things that don't excite them, speak to their values,
or further their mission in life.
2. They say no to superficial networking events
in which people swap business cards and never hear from one another.
Why? Because successful people don't network. They build relationships.
3. They say no to
spending time with uninspiring, critical, or negative people who drag
them down. Time is precious -- choose a small circle of people who will
energize you and challenge you to be better.
4. They say no to
overworking. While it's true some successful people and many
entrepreneurs put in 60 to 80 hours per week, very successful people
aren't workaholics who neglect self-care and family. They recognize that
if they can't take care of themselves, everything else suffers.
5. They say no to doing all the work. This comes down to one word:
D-E-L-E-G-A-T-I-O-N.
6. They say no to giving
the steering wheel of life to anyone else. Another Buffett quote
affirms this: "You've gotta keep control of your time and you can't
unless you say no. You can't let people set your agenda in life."
7. They say no to
people-pleasing. Successful people don't neglect their deepest wishes
and desires to accommodate and yield to others' wishes and desires.
"this blog section was taken from an Inc article by Marcel Schwantes of Inc."
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