This article first appeared in Mind Tools in December last year. Even though we might have one (tax) deadline out of the way by now, many of us are still working very hard and very long to meet lots of other deadlines. So February is an appropriate month to run this again for accountants. It builds nicely on from my Time Management Top Tip last month called 'Say NO', by providing a new perspective and some more advice. I have to say that once you are in the 'yes trap' it is pretty hard to get out of it. When I am coaching on this topic, I often spend a lot of time with my client getting them to physically practise saying no, so they have an inkling of what it feels like (because its been so long since they did it). I really fancy doing a workshop on the art of saying no, any takers?
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