Stop Bragging About Being Busy – Management Tip*

 
We’re  all too busy — and we’re proud of it. We want to do it all, have it all, and achieve it all. It’s no wonder why we backdoor–brag about being swamped: it’s code for being successful and important. But in the long run, all this motion  leads to burnout. The antidote is to pursue less: design your life around what is essential and eliminate   everything else.   Disciplined prioritizing can leave you with work-free weekends, more thinking time, and time with friends.

• Set up a personal quarterly  offsite. Here’s a simple rule of 3: every three months take three hours to identify the three things you want to accomplish   over the next three months.
• Add expiration dates on new activities. Not every new activity  has to become a tradition.
• Say no to a good opportunity every week. This is counterintuitive, but if we don’t do it, we’ll never have enough time to figure out what we really want to invest our time in.

*Source: Harvard Business School’s Management Tip of the Day

 
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