You can’t do Great Work without saying No to a few things.

Here are five places to start.

1. People who drain rather than nourish.
(There’s no room for those that drain your energy.)

2. The belief that everything has to be done excellently.
(”Adequate” is normally just fine.   Needing to do everything excellently is not only impossible but overwhelming.)

3. The idea that doing email is doing work.
(It’s a means to an end, not an end in itself.  Learn to tame the beast.)

4. The feeling that being busy is good
(Someone once said “busy-ness is a form of laziness.”  It means you haven’t figured out what really matters.)

5. The feeling that it’s all so serious
(You might want to watch this to remember where the fun is.)

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