Dan Martell - January 22, 2025


Saying yes now is saying no to your future


Episode Stats


Length

33 seconds

Words per minute

262.96957

Word count

147

Sentence count

8


Summary

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In this episode, I talk about the importance of saying no and how to get your assistant to say no to things that aren't on your radar. I also give some tips on how to say yes to less important things.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 If somebody else asks you for something
00:00:01.320 that wasn't on your radar to do,
00:00:02.860 it's probably not the thing you should be doing
00:00:04.140 because you already thought about what you should be doing,
00:00:05.700 so you should just do that.
00:00:06.560 So I have an executive assistant playbook.
00:00:08.220 Everybody can go grab it.
00:00:09.260 Just follow me on Instagram, message me EA,
00:00:11.300 and I'll send them a direct Google link.
00:00:12.800 In there, I have ways that I've taught my assistant
00:00:15.300 to say no because that is probably the hardest part
00:00:17.600 for people to be okay with is having somebody else process
00:00:20.400 and say no on your behalf.
00:00:22.140 So I have these really beautiful ways
00:00:23.740 like appreciate the consideration.
00:00:25.520 Unfortunately, I'm already overcommitted.
00:00:26.880 My assistant says no to 98% of the stuff
00:00:29.380 on my behalf before I ever see it
00:00:30.980 because I've already communicated to her
00:00:32.480 what's important to me.