365 Days of Productivity
No Is the Default Answer When Asked for Your Time
You have a finite amount of time left in your life — make it count
You rub your eyes and then look at the clock on your desktop. It’s already 2:30 pm, you haven’t had lunch, and you’ve only crossed off two items on your todo list.
Where has the day gone? You ask yourself. The morning was spent with two back to back meetings, which turned-out you didn’t really need to go to.
Then you spent two hours replying to emails. Most of them were colleagues wanting help or suppliers trying to upsell you.
Four more emails have just arrived. You don’t really want to reply, but you don’t want to disappoint people.
How many times have you had days like this?
If We See Something, We Have to Respond To it
The problem with today’s “available 24/7” culture is that there’s an expectation that you have to respond to everything. So-called obligations can include emails, text messages, social media posts, and any one of dozens of channels people can contact you through.
You get sucked into meetings at work that aren’t relevant to your role. “Sit in on this meeting…
