{"id":84939,"date":"2021-06-14t12:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-14t16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=84939"},"modified":"2024-11-26t12:42:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26t17:42:46","slug":"get-more-done-by-saying-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2021\/06\/14\/get-more-done-by-saying-no\/","title":{"rendered":"get more done by saying no"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>who sets your priorities? you.<\/strong><\/p>\n by ed mendlowitz<\/i> question:<\/strong> i do not seem to be able to get everything done that needs to be done and still have time for extras, which i like to do, like marketing and doing new things for clients. any tips?<\/p>\n more:<\/b><\/strong> make cpe worth your while<\/a> | are you marketing for 2022 yet?<\/a> | stop drowning in client documents<\/a> | make more money starting now<\/a> | the wrong way to look for staff<\/a> | strategic planning for the small firm<\/a> | before you sell your practice<\/a> | work the client needs \u2026 but won\u2019t pay for<\/a> answer:<\/strong> this is a recurring theme, and an issue we all have. it seems that we all have the same amount of time but some use it more wisely than others. one of the things i keep thinking about is something benjamin franklin wrote: \u201cdo not squander time, because that is the stuff life is made of.\u201d\u00a0 this is what you are doing when you do things that are not what you should be doing, or deal with people that you shouldn\u2019t \u2013 those who do not appreciate your efforts. i also believe, with few exceptions, that clients who don\u2019t pay you on time, or who don\u2019t pay what you bill them or what they agree to, are thieves who are stealing part of your life. that makes them an enemy \u2013 why do you subject yourself to this?<\/p>\n be stingy with your time. spend it where you need to do and where no one else can.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n a great skill is to be able to leverage your strengths and delegate to others. learn this well and you will accomplish more than you would believe and won\u2019t waste time, i.e. part of your life, chasing your tail.<\/p>\n say no. if you don\u2019t want to do something, or shouldn\u2019t or oughtn\u2019t, just say \u201cno!\u201d it is much easier and much less unpleasant to get out of something by saying no than doing it and not being happy and feel you are wasting part of your life.<\/p>\n i had a college professor in auditing who always said no when someone gave a wrong answer. she didn\u2019t say it nicely, and didn\u2019t worry about hurting feelings, or worry about letting people down. she simply said \u201cno!\u201d and went looking for someone with the right answer. she was a good teacher and i am sure i learned auditing well from her, well enough to pass the auditing part of the cpa exam, but the only thing i specifically remember learning from her is to say \u201cno!\u201d that was a great lesson since it has saved me immense wasted time doing things i ought not have done.<\/p>\n have your sights on goals. become goal-oriented. if not, you won\u2019t know where you are going and then won\u2019t know you got there if you somehow stumbled on the right path.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n goals set the big-picture direction for your life. yogi berra said something that can soothe the failure to reach goals by saying \u201cif you don\u2019t set goals, then you won\u2019t regret not reaching them.\u201d i like a quote by edward young above a window in the library of congress: \u201ctoo low they aim, who aim beneath the stars.\u201d and a third quote is by michelangelo: “the greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” set goals and have them drive your bulldozer.<\/p>\n in terms of marketing and “new thing” time, why not set aside one hour a week for each of these? somehow if you make up your mind to do this, you will and it will amount to a week a year for each of these.<\/p>\n here are easy ways to do each of these:<\/p>\n anything you want to do, can be done. just do it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/a>
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