Do you have a hard time saying NO to others? I can tell you one person who does not have a problem saying no to others, and that is my mentor Howie. And he has quite an ingenious and graceful strategy he uses to say no without saying no.
Back in 2013, an article appeared in the Harvard Business Review called “Make Time for the Work That Matters”. That article, which we will discuss today, introduces a process where you sort low-value tasks into 3 categories which helps free up a significant amount of time in your workday.
You are probably familiar with the term ‘gofer’ which is a person who has to go fetch items such as coffee, dry cleaning, mail, etc. for someone higher up in the food chain of life. It is also a horrible form of delegation, which we will discuss in a hot minute.
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This is How to Read Better: Leaders are Readers!
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A lot of my friends ask me how I am not only able to read so much, but also retain so much of what I read. I wish I had a silver bullet I could share with you, but there is no one answer.
How do you spend your time? If you are like most people, how you think you spend your time is much different than how you actually spend your time. For example, how much time on average do you think you spend every day interacting with media? 2 hours? 3 hours? 5 hours?