Three takeaways
- Other people’s urgency may be setting your priorities by default.
- Treating every request as equally time-sensitive.
- Accepting work before asking what moves or stops.
- Ask for the real deadline and which current priority should be displaced.
Video transcript
You said: I keep saying yes because every request sounds urgent. Other people’s urgency may be setting your priorities by default. Treating every request as equally time-sensitive. Try this: Ask for the real deadline and which current priority should be displaced.