What is your threshold for accepting new work? ”
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“This question has come up with several clients recently, who feel overwhelmed with too much work to do. They are not wasting time, and actually want to do all the work they have – there’s just too much of it. This is a problem of success – when you get things done, you get asked to do more. ”
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“The trick is to realize that the threshold you have for what makes a task “worth” doing has to keep going up too. You may have to make the painful choice that tasks that were meaningful before are now below the line for you. Managers must learn to delegate until it hurts. Others must choose the highest impact work for them to do, and be willing to say no to other work to enable that higher impact. ”
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“One of my clients said their advisor asked: “Are you doing $80/hr work when you could be doing $8000/hr work?” In other words, even if you are doing work that adds value, you might be passing up the opportunity to do far more valuable work. ”
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“What is the opportunity cost of your current threshold for new work?”
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“#leadership #coaching #mindfulness #selfawareness #raisethebar”
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