400 - Lisa's NO List
Organize 365 Podcast
Lisa Woodruff
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
I have always wanted to record a podcast about what I am saying "Yes!" to and what I am saying "No!" to. Today, I am sharing my no list.
What I realized people are doing when they share these kinds of lists are actually different ways of thinking about how you are using your time. It's not necessarily calling different things good and bad. It's about prioritizing (what things get your yes) and decluttering and setting better boundaries (what things get your no).
Over the next 100 Day cycle, I will be saying no to four main things. Different times of year call for attention to different kinds of tasks and areas of focus. When you make a yes or no list, you are creating a rule that helps you spend less energy making decisions. These rules can be for your next of the Lisa's New Years, or it can be permanent. You get to choose.
Listen in and I'll explain why I am saying no to these things. This list helps me declutter activities that are taking time on my mind and in my schedule. These are either things on my calendar or a mindset I am letting go. I am decluttering these things - at least for now.
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| 0:00.0 | This week's mailbag is from Catherine. |
| 0:03.0 | I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Lisa Woodruff for doing what she does. |
| 0:07.4 | I have been a longtime member of Lisa's group. |
| 0:10.0 | She and her systems have helped me get through some pretty amazing projects and through |
| 0:13.7 | some tough times as part of my organizational journey. |
| 0:17.5 | I still have a really long way to go as life seems to make it hard to catch our breath, |
| 0:22.8 | which my watch must tell me that a thousand times a day. |
| 0:26.3 | I wanted to send a note of thanks as the work box planning day could not have happened |
| 0:30.4 | on a better day. |
| 0:31.9 | I'm excited to go back and watch the replay as I was not a hundred percent present, but |
| 0:36.6 | it was so good to listen to Lisa explain how to do what we need to do to succeed. |
| 0:42.7 | Late last night my mom fell in Berger hip. |
| 0:45.1 | She is 82 and has dementia. |
| 0:47.8 | I am her POI and guardian. |
| 0:50.6 | It had already been a very hard week as we were going through some really tough negotiations |
| 0:55.6 | with our business that were looking very bleak. |
| 0:58.6 | But now maybe looking toward a buyout. |
| 1:01.2 | So my poor mom falling was almost more than this mama could handle. |
| 1:05.6 | But today was my day with Lisa. |
| 1:07.5 | She helped me stay focused and complete what I needed to do today while my mom was in |
| 1:12.0 | surgery. |
| 1:13.0 | I was able to focus and plan through what I would be needed if a buyout was going to |
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