Deep Dive Series: The Power of No Through a Calendar Check

A friend of mine has a rule for herself. If anyone makes a request of her time, her response is, “Let me look at my calendar and get back to you.”

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, NoJason HenkelJanuary 19, 2025Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, No

Deep Dive Series: The Power of No

As a profession, I teach systems of time management. I’ve trained thousands of people at this point, and one of the most consistent friction points in my training sessions occurs when the concept of saying no comes up.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, NoJason HenkelJanuary 13, 2025Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, No

Permission to Say No - Granted

Warren Buffet is the patron saint of “no.” He famously claims:

“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.”

Being The Real You

Say "no" more. What an easy thing to say. But what a difficult thing to do in our minute by minute experience of a day.

Why is saying no so hard? Try this.

Here at Focus to Evolve, we consider the act of saying no as one of the four primary meta-skills that are required for that doubling-of-meaningful-output-in-the-same-number-of-hours-worked benefit. We call it a meta-skill, because there is no area of your life that won't improve (dramatically) when you begin to get good at saying no to the things that simply should not be on your plate.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, NoJason HenkelApril 30, 2021Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, No