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First of all, if you’re talking to a manager, they will love you if you stop saying “nah I can’t do that” and start saying “I have X and Y on my plate right now and I think I could do Z for you if you and my manager think I should drop Y for it. What do you think has higher priority?”
By phrasing your “no” this way, you’re setting up the conversation for a collaborative tone, you’re recognizing that everything can be traded off, and you’re [[helping the requester understand what levers they have to work with.::highlight]]
When and How to Say No at Work
amyn
If, as on most days, no such event is obvious, I just dedicate the day (daydicate) anyway, with a name or motto, basically a headline to this one day's task list. I always have a to-do list for each day. This adds a fitting headline to the list, and is an excellent frame in which I promote or expand tasks that fit the theme of the day, and reduce or postpone ones that don't. "Recovery Day", "Day of Updates", "Orderly Thursday" - whatever seems suitable as an emotional and behavioral carrier wave for just that one day in particular.
The Daydication Technique
chaosmage
The world is mostly shaped by wealth, more so than ever as technology enables individuals to act with the power of city-states. These mega-wealthy establish sinecures based largely on proximity, signaling, sycophancy, rarely talent. The more you meet those with extreme wealth, the more their veneration feels like a collective hypnosis, a global boiled-frog bamboozlement.
Fwd: ⦿ Roden: 075 — Archetypes Revisited
Josh Beckman
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