Comments on: “I’m Just a [Insert Your Title Here] Who Can’t Say No” http://www.davecrenshaw.com/blog/im-just-a-insert-your-title-here-who-cant-say-no/ Magnify your time. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:01:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kitchen Wizard http://www.davecrenshaw.com/blog/im-just-a-insert-your-title-here-who-cant-say-no/#comment-380 Kitchen Wizard Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:18:41 +0000 http://67.222.14.18/blog/?p=25#comment-380 Oops, I've already forgotten about the "Perhaps" category. I'll watch the Boot Camp video again. Thanks! Oops, I’ve already forgotten about the “Perhaps” category. I’ll watch the Boot Camp video again. Thanks!

]]> By: Q: I’m starting to realize I have too much on my schedule! Help! - Dave Crenshaw: Accountability in Action™ http://www.davecrenshaw.com/blog/im-just-a-insert-your-title-here-who-cant-say-no/#comment-364 Q: I’m starting to realize I have too much on my schedule! Help! - Dave Crenshaw: Accountability in Action™ Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:30:05 +0000 http://67.222.14.18/blog/?p=25#comment-364 [...] Have you read this article? http://www.davecrenshaw.com/blog/2008/08/im-just-a-insert-your-title-here-who-cant-say-no/ If you already have, please read it [...] [...] Have you read this article? http://www.davecrenshaw.com/blog/2008/08/im-just-a-insert-your-title-here-who-cant-say-no/ If you already have, please read it [...]

]]> By: Francis Wade http://www.davecrenshaw.com/blog/im-just-a-insert-your-title-here-who-cant-say-no/#comment-3 Francis Wade Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:55:08 +0000 http://67.222.14.18/blog/?p=25#comment-3 I also have a hard time saying no, and often come up with lots of ideas that probably won't ever be completed. Luckily, I have a blog (or two) that has helped me to explore an idea before investing serious time in its completion. This has saved me more than a few times from getting into trouble! I keep the ideas for my blog in a program called Evernote that I look at when I need to write a blog and don't have a hot topic in mind. This list has served as a powerful safety valve. When I have an idea I do want to work on, I simply schedule time into my calendar to get it done -- although I find that I still severely under-estimate how long things take, even after years of engaging this practice. It's quite sobering to realize how steep a learning curve a new task requires, and how I can get stuck on even a small item... I often wonder "Is it just me?" ;-) However, I can't imagine working without my schedule in this way, especially given my propensity to be optimistic! I also have a hard time saying no, and often come up with lots of ideas that probably won’t ever be completed.

Luckily, I have a blog (or two) that has helped me to explore an idea before investing serious time in its completion. This has saved me more than a few times from getting into trouble!

I keep the ideas for my blog in a program called Evernote that I look at when I need to write a blog and don’t have a hot topic in mind. This list has served as a powerful safety valve.

When I have an idea I do want to work on, I simply schedule time into my calendar to get it done — although I find that I still severely under-estimate how long things take, even after years of engaging this practice. It’s quite sobering to realize how steep a learning curve a new task requires, and how I can get stuck on even a small item… I often wonder “Is it just me?” ;-)

However, I can’t imagine working without my schedule in this way, especially given my propensity to be optimistic!

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