Using elimination, automation, and delegation to crush even more tasks on your to-do list.The connection between having a vision and conquering daily distractions.How to get back hours of free time each week.Why it’s so hard for you to say “No” to people… and what to do about it.Listen to this episode to hear the whole conversation, including: “The way that you can give people a really firm ‘No’ is to have a really firm ‘yes’ on the other side of it.”Īlso, he gives specific examples of how he can say “no” to a request, but still present a solution for the person. In other words, he had to protect his own time and priorities. As such, throughout past few decades, he has had to learn to say “no” gracefully. Michael is also a self-admitted, recovering people-pleaser. Michael is a best-selling author (multiple times over) and was previously the CEO of a publishing company before starting his own company. Saying “no” is exactly what we talk about in today’s episode with Michael Hyatt. But you also find it difficult – or impossible – to stop saying “yes.” This can cause resentment, stress, and fatigue – none of which produce career happiness.

People start asking you to do more and more because “_ always finds a way to get it done.” In fact, it gets to the point that the people make you their first stop. At first, you may be excited that you’re the person that everyone can depend on. Saying “yes” to too many things can hold you back from career happiness. Saying “yes” to all that took a bad situation and turned it into a totally intolerable situation. “Yes, I can get that extra presentation done.” Saying “yes” to every project – to every request. And part of that was that I said “yes” to everything my boss asked me to do. Part of that was because there was a huge expectation to work a ton of hours. Part of that was because the job was a bad fit. In my first professional job, I worked between 80-90 hours a week. In fact, I’m a recovering people-pleaser myself. New York Times Best Selling Author, Michael Hyatt said this to me in our recent conversation. “Most of the people I know, and coach, are recovering people-pleasers…”

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