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How to Stop Being Such a Prisoner of Your Business

By on May 26, 2014

Today – I’m going to tell you a story about how to win back time and STOP being such a prisoner of your business.

Early in my career it took me 2 years to win Abbott Laboratories, a Fortune-500 Company – that paid our bills.

The manager, Alan, used to wait til Friday noon to give me projects, which totally killed my weekends.

My brother had taken a time management class and told me I needed to tell Alan NO, that I wouldn’t work weekends any more.

That was easy in theory. The reality is, I didn’t want to offend Alan. But I decided I’d be a good boy scout and try.

Like clockwork, Alan called the next Friday at noon. I asked him, could I do it Monday. At first he resisted, but he eventually said Yes.

A few weeks later he called again on a Friday at noon. I asked him again and he again finally agreed I could do it Monday. From that point forward, I never had to work a weekend for him again.

The point is simple…

YOU have more control over your time than you realize. Learn to say no…

If someone asks you to do something you don’t want to do, there are 3 ways to say NO

– Not me
– Not now
– No

(I’d love to help you but…)

Like you saw with Alan, saying not NOW can give you your life back.

Find something that’s robbing you of your precious time and try it!

Just say No!… practice. You won’t believe how much your life will change.

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