Why 'just say no' doesn't work


Hello Reader,

You know when you meet someone and they’ve got the same approach to work as you and you just click?

That’s me and Elise Stevens.

We don’t catch up often because of the time difference between the UK and Australia, but we have spoken a few times and the last time… well, we recorded it for her podcast, Futureproof Your Career.

We talk all about...

  • How a “two-week look ahead” can help you plan the rest of your life around when you will be most busy
  • Why it’s important to adjust your time, energy, and effort around your priority tasks
  • How saying no isn’t always that easy and definitely doesn’t work when it’s someone above you in the hierarchy asking for work…
  • …and what to say instead.

Listen now!

Have a lovely week!

Elizabeth


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