In the course of a busy day, a person can find themselves distracted by various things that can pop up. Most of the time they are little things that are even sometimes annoying. The problem seems to arise that when this happens most of us tend to deal with the distraction which breaks a train of thought or course of action that is necessary to complete a task much more important.
Saying no to these distractions can be even more difficult since it may come from a family member, if you work at home or coworker, should you still have a job you leave home for. But on the other hand you can probably account for several occassions when someone said "No" to you for one reason or another. And you dealt with it. Well guess what....they will deal with it too when you learn how to hold on your own priorities. When you do not people loose respect for your time and tend to take advantage.
How do I know this...I have a room renter from out of this country that would ask for a "lift" or to join them when they went out and would somewhat compensate me for my time and efforts. This would happen at all hours and would at times disrupt my internet work or my leasure time at home. I found it became more and more frequent till suddenly the compensation was dropped and the expectation remained. After accompanying this person out recently I fund myself footing the bill as well. This is when I realized that having a big heart can be a determent and not an asset. I had spent alot of precious time away form my business and my life accomodating someone who lost the appreciation.
Your time is valuable. Make sure that you honor that value by holding to your priorties and determining if the distraction is hindering or helping you. I am not saying to be selfish. But I am saying to evaluate before you change directions in the middle of a stream. If you are at a point where you can pause, this is great but if not....learn how to say "No".
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Posted by: Shox R4 | January 06, 2011 at 04:57 PM
I sat there wide-eyed with my jaw on the ground not being able to tear myself away to try and get ready for work. I couldn't even fathom what was happening or why. All I knew was that a plane flew into the tower. I didn't know details.
Posted by: Ugg Outlet | October 07, 2011 at 12:31 AM
Our stormwater service fees and other water utility costs keep rising. Why? Just so many people in Durham, right? No. Not exactly. The reason Durham will have to spend $300,000 to $700,000 to comply with the Jordan Lake clean-up rule: development, all of it. And as Raleigh presses the State to come up with a similar rule for its main drinking water supply, Falls, guess who is going to be paying the most to clean-up the lake as well? Durham. It is not unreasonable to say Durham is going to have to kick-in over $1 billion dollars to fix all the waterways in county it has impaired due to its fast growth. Waterways impaired with sediment, fecal coliform from human and domestic waste, nitrogen, metals, etc. Durham is not worried about it though. Who cares if the evidence shows these pollutants increasing as they and the developers collect all the money? After all, why should they worry? They will just fix it by continuing to raise water, sewer and stormwater fees. Durham makes money, developers make money, and once again the tax payers get screwed. And I guess if you are not in on the game, you get fired too. wllv20111108
Posted by: Louis Vuitton Outlet | November 07, 2011 at 04:49 PM
Our stormwater service fees and other water utility costs keep rising. Why? Just so many people in Durham, right? No. Not exactly. The reason Durham will have to spend $300,000 to $700,000 to comply with the Jordan Lake clean-up rule: development, all of it. And as Raleigh presses the State to come up with a similar rule for its main drinking water supply, Falls, guess who is going to be paying the most to clean-up the lake as well? Durham. It is not unreasonable to say Durham is going to have to kick-in over $1 billion dollars to fix all the waterways in county it has impaired due to its fast growth. Waterways impaired with sediment, fecal coliform from human and domestic waste, nitrogen, metals, etc. Durham is not worried about it though. Who cares if the evidence shows these pollutants increasing as they and the developers collect all the money? After all, why should they worry? They will just fix it by continuing to raise water, sewer and stormwater fees. Durham makes money, developers make money, and once again the tax payers get screwed. And I guess if you are not in on the game, you get fired too.wllv20111108
Posted by: Canada Goose Outlet | November 07, 2011 at 05:02 PM