Steveer Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today's topic is coping with too much on your plate. The quick and dirty tip is to look to your outcomes and prune, prune, prune.

My name is Stevea Robbins and I am addicted to having too much on my plate.

When I was a kid, my parents let their friends Bill and Karen take care of me one weekend.

Karen made macaroni and cheese for dinner.

My favorite! But she gave me too much.

I protested, but Bill insisted.

You're not leaving this table until you clean your plate.

Four and a half hours later, he gave up.

The score, Steaver won.

Macaroni and cheese, zero.

Bill died many years later and it had a profound effect.

When I was done celebrating, I realized he was trying to teach me a very important lesson.

You see, these days I put too much on my plate.

I focused on my commitments, just like I recommended, and somehow I'm still trying to bite off

way more than I can chew. Right now, I'm writing a business blog, a newsletter, a podcast,

and twittering. I'm writing the Get It Done Guy book and a separate blog about

the book. I'm working out four times a week, thanks to trainer Tyler, in a vague attempt to

recapture the body I never had as a 25-year-old, developing a product on overcoming email

overload, like I should talk, marketing the product and, oh yes, running my coaching business,

which is the one commitment that actually puts food on the table. But not macaroni and cheese, it's too soon for macaroni and cheese.

Yes, I know. I'm the host of the get it done guy, but that does not exempt me from the harsh

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