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17">A study from <a href="https://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/august24/multitask-research-study-082409.html">Stanford University</a> has shown that multitasker is tended to have a lower attention span than those who’d done one task a time. Thus, doing many tasks at a time and divide your attention into a bunch of tasks, multiple zoom meeting at a time is not increasing your productivity.The consequence of all this we need to know when and how to say no deliberately. Saying no is similar to having a shield to protect yourselves.How to do it? First, you must identify whether this request from your acquaintances is worth your time or not and second deliver your well-reasoned no.<h1 id="ebef">Identify Your Goal With 2 Simple Steps</h1>Once upon a time, warren buffett talked jokingly with his pilot steve “the fact that you’re still working for me tells me I’m not doing my job.” and Warren Buffett suggests him to going after his goals and dreams.To help him Warren Buffett asked steve to write 25 goals which he extremely wants to accomplish.and he suggested him to review each goal and pick 5 goals he wanted the most.after he had picked 5 goals and confirmed that those 5 are the crucial ones. WB asked again “how about the rest?” “What’s your plan for completing those?”Steve answered confidently“Well, the top five are my primary focus, but the other 20 come in at a close second,” the pilot said. “They are still important, so I’ll work on those intermittently as I see fit as I’m getting through my top five. They are not as urgent, but I still plan to give them dedicated effort.”Then Buffett turned into serious“You’ve got it wrong, Steve,” he said. “Everything you didn’t circle just became your ‘avoid at all cost list.’ No matter what, these things get no attention from you until you’ve succeeded with your top five.”By implementing these 2 simple steps that Buffett suggests you’ve saved much time. Now you already know what’s your priorities by writing 25 goals, then here’s the trigger cross the other 20 lists and focus on 5 crucial goals. If you were offered from your acquaintances just remember your 5 crucial goals and just simply reject it if

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it doesn't help you to achieve your crucial goals.<h1 id="45c9">Deliver Well-Reasoned No</h1>saying No can save your time if delivered in the right way but also it can harm your reputation and caused trouble along the road.I remember a friend of mine just rejected my senior from the task he had given to him. Moreover, he declined the offering in a group chat so that all of the staff able to see the rejection clearly. In consequence, my senior mad at him and gave him a bad reputation.from my story, I learned before saying No we have to consider the timing and reasoning. Have a perfect timing for saying no means you do not deliver precipitous no, you will risk seeming dismissive. you can do all the things below without string your counterparts<ul><li>If your no means I cannot give you an answer right now maybe later then answer it quickly “not at the moment but soon”.</li><li>If your no means “I cannot help you but I know somebody who could help you to do it” then say it as soon as possible</li><li>If your no means “I may not, cannot or should not do it and it is a bad idea” have that conversation before the asker presses you or someone else further.</li></ul>The next essential part is well reasoning. Before you decided to say no, analyze the task you have asked.<ul><li>If the task given is against the rule just say firmly “I don’t have discretion here. This request violates policy/rules/law. So you really shouldn’t make it at all. Perhaps I can help you reframe your request within the rules so that it can then be considered.”</li><li>If the don’t have the ability to fulfill the task simply say “Sorry, that’s outside my skill set. I’m not even close.”</li><li>Don’t ever say forced no like “I cannot do it, I have other priorities that need to be done. I don't have any time available right now” your counterparts might seeing it too dismissive. Change in to “ I'm already committed to other projects at the moment. If it possible I’d love to do this for you in the future” it sounds nicer, isn’t it?</li></ul>Keep in mind, we are all given the same amount of time every day. We have 24 hours a day use it efficiently, start to say no to those unnecessary tasks. Don’t be a yes-man and don't let people set agenda in your life.</article></body>

Having The Courage to Say No

by saying “No” you open up a greater opportunity

Ever since global education started to use an online platform, we are often feeling overwhelmed as the schedule gets extremely packed. It’s correct that we are not allowed to meet in person, however, the technology has made everything easier doing tasks in groups can be done without face to face meeting.

In addition to that, an online meeting from your project or any organizational agenda can be held anytime, it could be at the midnight after your class is over or on the weekend when you should have rested. Also, sometimes we don’t have any strong argument if you didn't feel to enroll in an online meeting, therefore your daily life has gotten more complex.

The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything. — Warren buffet

Warren buffett is known as a man with priorities. he keeps his calendar empty thoroughly. The reason behind it was he didn’t want to other people control his time and a simple trick to take control over your time is by saying no to almost everything.

Living in the pandemic era people are asking you many opportunities to help them. while you say ‘yes’ you’re feeling happy since you contributed to other people's success. In fact, in a long term, it leads to distraction and the worse condition is burnout due to overworked.

A study from Stanford University has shown that multitasker is tended to have a lower attention span than those who’d done one task a time. Thus, doing many tasks at a time and divide your attention into a bunch of tasks, multiple zoom meeting at a time is not increasing your productivity.

The consequence of all this we need to know when and how to say no deliberately. Saying no is similar to having a shield to protect yourselves.

How to do it? First, you must identify whether this request from your acquaintances is worth your time or not and second deliver your well-reasoned no.

Identify Your Goal With 2 Simple Steps

Once upon a time, warren buffett talked jokingly with his pilot steve “the fact that you’re still working for me tells me I’m not doing my job.” and Warren Buffett suggests him to going after his goals and dreams.

To help him Warren Buffett asked steve to write 25 goals which he extremely wants to accomplish.

and he suggested him to review each goal and pick 5 goals he wanted the most.

after he had picked 5 goals and confirmed that those 5 are the crucial ones. WB asked again “how about the rest?” “What’s your plan for completing those?”

Steve answered confidently

“Well, the top five are my primary focus, but the other 20 come in at a close second,” the pilot said. “They are still important, so I’ll work on those intermittently as I see fit as I’m getting through my top five. They are not as urgent, but I still plan to give them dedicated effort.”

Then Buffett turned into serious

“You’ve got it wrong, Steve,” he said. “Everything you didn’t circle just became your ‘avoid at all cost list.’ No matter what, these things get no attention from you until you’ve succeeded with your top five.”

By implementing these 2 simple steps that Buffett suggests you’ve saved much time. Now you already know what’s your priorities by writing 25 goals, then here’s the trigger cross the other 20 lists and focus on 5 crucial goals. If you were offered from your acquaintances just remember your 5 crucial goals and just simply reject it if it doesn't help you to achieve your crucial goals.

Deliver Well-Reasoned No

saying No can save your time if delivered in the right way but also it can harm your reputation and caused trouble along the road.

I remember a friend of mine just rejected my senior from the task he had given to him. Moreover, he declined the offering in a group chat so that all of the staff able to see the rejection clearly. In consequence, my senior mad at him and gave him a bad reputation.

from my story, I learned before saying No we have to consider the timing and reasoning. Have a perfect timing for saying no means you do not deliver precipitous no, you will risk seeming dismissive. you can do all the things below without string your counterparts

If your no means I cannot give you an answer right now maybe later then answer it quickly “not at the moment but soon”.
If your no means “I cannot help you but I know somebody who could help you to do it” then say it as soon as possible
If your no means “I may not, cannot or should not do it and it is a bad idea” have that conversation before the asker presses you or someone else further.

The next essential part is well reasoning. Before you decided to say no, analyze the task you have asked.

If the task given is against the rule just say firmly “I don’t have discretion here. This request violates policy/rules/law. So you really shouldn’t make it at all. Perhaps I can help you reframe your request within the rules so that it can then be considered.”
If the don’t have the ability to fulfill the task simply say “Sorry, that’s outside my skill set. I’m not even close.”
Don’t ever say forced no like “I cannot do it, I have other priorities that need to be done. I don't have any time available right now” your counterparts might seeing it too dismissive. Change in to “ I'm already committed to other projects at the moment. If it possible I’d love to do this for you in the future” it sounds nicer, isn’t it?

Keep in mind, we are all given the same amount of time every day. We have 24 hours a day use it efficiently, start to say no to those unnecessary tasks. Don’t be a yes-man and don't let people set agenda in your life.