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

and do more. Sometimes, we're just overcommitted. One clue that you're over committed is you

realize that no matter how much you do, you really can't get ahead. I have three writing

deadlines each week. I'm overcommitted.

My Facebook friend Sam calls himself the one-mouth band. I don't ask why. He might say people would be

too freaked out if I told them I had three mouths. And what would I say to that? No, no matter how

many mouths he has, he just announced a project that solves over-commitment.

He promised a group of fellow musicians that he would drop 100 projects per week until his remaining to-does fit in his head without stressing him out.

Just the thought of that fills me with longing, mixed with dread.

His idea is a good one.

We don't get overwhelmed because we take on too much.

We get overwhelmed because we don't drop as many projects as we should.

I don't regularly drop projects.

I only drop them when I'm feeling overloaded. New opportunities

to donate my time arrive daily. All it takes is saying yes. But opportunities to drop projects,

those don't show up. People don't call and say, you're doing such a great job running our monthly

bacon tasting group that we want you to resign so you can have more free time.

No, people are sneaky.

When you're doing stuff for them, they know better than to offer you the chance to quit.

All the gurus, they tell us to set goals and start projects.

Sam, however, is telling us to drop them. Sam, you're my new guru.

Yay! Let's drop projects together. So, grab your list of projects and we'll figure out which

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