This is Help Wanted, the show that makes your work work for you. I'm Jason Pfeiffer, editor-in-chief

of Entrepreneur Magazine. And I'm money expert Nicole Lapin. On Tuesdays, Jason and I answer the

helpline and help callers solve their work problems. And on Thursdays, I give you one way to improve your work and build a career or company you loved.

And it starts now.

Hey, before we begin, do you want to be on the podcast on Help Wanted asking Nicole and I for help?

If so, we have a way for you to do that. It is in the show

notes. Just go look. There is a form for you to fill out. We want to know what your burning question

is. And today, I'm going to answer, well, what I'm going to just guess is a burning question

of yours, which is how do I stop

feeling so insanely overwhelmed?

Because I have said yes to too many things.

And if that is your question, well, here is my answer.

You take on too much.

And why do you take on too much?

There are so many reasons.

You're ambitious, you're enthusiastic,

you don't know how to say no, then you get overcommitted and overwhelmed. Well, here is a question

that you should ask yourself more. What is actually worth saying yes to? And here is my counterintuitive

answer. Before you say yes to something new, is my counterintuitive answer.

Before you say yes to something new, you should say no to something old.

Today I'll give you a strategy to filter commitments so that you can feel lighter, freer,

and more focused on what actually matters.

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