The All Powerful NO

The All Powerful NO

The All Powerful NO

My mom loves to cut out articles from magazines and newspapers that she knows may be of interest to me. She's done it for decades. This week she gave me one about taking things off your to-do list. Of course, it immediately drew me in because I'm a huge advocate of having only a few things on your task list, so you'll be more productive!

It seems counter intuitive to have no more than six things a day on your list, for both your business and personal life, but trust me on this one. It'll change your life by having a narrow focus each month, week and day. You'll stop rushing to simply get things checked off the list and you'll do each item with excellence. Things will get done faster, in most cases, because you'll be totally present rather thinking about what's next on the list.

All this talk about to-do lists got me thinking about an exercise I learned back at The Coaches Training Institute. In their balance course, they ask you to make a list of things you're saying "YES" to and "NO" to. I've always found that creating a list of things you'll be saying "NO" to is a transformational exercise if you follow through and truly say no.

Here are some examples of things to let go of and reap huge rewards:

Conversing with people who always talk about what is going wrong

Paying bills late

Checking email several times within an hour

Stressing about money

Spending more than you make

Not planning ahead

Making decisions while in a place of reaction or disconnection

Doing everything yourself in your business

Clients who aren't ideal

Being late

Breaking your own set of boundaries

Not returning phone calls

Saying yes to every opportunity before checking in to see if it serves your goals, schedule and bank account

Thinking you may fail

Feeling obligated or guilty

The flip side of this exercise is to decide what you will do instead. There are trade-offs to every decision you make. You always are saying yes to one thing and no to another. Be more deliberate about those choices and you'll receive huge pay-offs.

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