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The Power of Saying No ❌

2024-07-02 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:37 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial

In a Short, Ali says focused progress on a few things beats a little progress in many directions, so learning to say no matters, and explains the six-week trap: if you would not do it tomorrow, do not say yes for six months' time.

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00:00:00 — Saying no and the six-week trap

  • ★★ Ali says making focused progress on a small number of things is far more effective than a little progress in a thousand directions, so a big part of what he calls Conserve is learning to say no and getting things off our plate. — 00:00:00

  • ★★★ Against the six-week trap, saying yes to a request more than six weeks out because the calendar looks empty and then being overwhelmed when the date comes, Ali's rule is not to agree to anything for six months ahead that you would not do tomorrow. — 00:00:00

    “If you wouldn't do it tomorrow, don't say yes for in six months time.”

Mentioned

Central: six-week trap

Also centred on six-week trap: Have you ever been caught by the 6 week trap? 😬

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