Comments on: Lessons Learned #19 – The next level of resisting bright shiny objects

By: Cairene

Cairene — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:53:04 +0000

@JoVE

Level 1 – saying no to the stuff you don’t want to do

Level 2 – saying no to the stuff you do want to do, just not as much as the stuff you *really* want to do.

Both challenging.
And both take practice. A lot of practice.

The first is about not draining yourself or becoming resentful.
The second is more about acknowledging your capacity and making peace with the fact that you can only work on a very few priorities/goals at once. And trusting that somehow the money part will work itself out as a result. Phew. It’s a lot to learn.

By: JoVE

JoVE — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:34:52 +0000

Hmmm. This is interesting. I’m getting better at saying no to the stuff that I really don’t want to do (did that recently and discovered that she was expecting me to say “no” and doesn’t think less of me for it, though she still needs someone to do that work).

But the fear that the new clients won’t come… still hard. And the criteria for the “yes” within the people wanting the work I do want to do is hard. Discerning that “right people” thing…

I’m glad you are thinking aloud about some of this.