This is Steve Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today, we're talking about what to do when you're overwhelmed at work, because sometimes you just have too much to do.

What do you do when the pressure to crush it on the job is actually crushing you?

We've all been overwhelmed at work, which can lead us to put in more hours, but research shows that working

70 hours per week doesn't actually help you get more done than working 56. The secret to

handling overload isn't working more. It's dropping the extra. Grandma Cuddles' controller

chip was for Klempt. Even though he's usually an overachiever,

he's feeling like there's just too much to do. Grandma's latest business is a golf course.

The kiddies just love to play in the sand trap, and when a member accidentally hits a ball into the

sand, the kids bring it right back to the clubhouse. They build strong running muscles,

dexterity from avoiding golf clubs, and valuable sales skills from upselling billionaire customers like

Jeffrey Epstein on vacation packages. Chip has to track each preschooler's expenses individually

so that all the costs can be allocated precisely to each little tyke. After all, Grandma thinks

every youngster must learn

to carry their own weight for society. That leaves Chip to create profitability measures

on a per-child basis. He also has a task list that's 100 pages long. He's constantly thinking

about creating tracking systems, balancing accounts, plotting the company's direction, and a dozen

other things.

He's also keenly aware that it's been ages since he's replenished his psyche with a trip back to nature.

Chip is going crazy, and the reason is that he's not just busy.

He's fundamentally overcommitted, and that means he has 25 hours worth of work, but only 24 hours in which to do it.

1. Admit the truth. The first step towards dealing with overcommitment is to admit that you're

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