4. Think about people who don’t make any difference in your life.
Trust me: The inhabitants of planet Kardashian are OK without you.
But your family, your friends, your employees — all the people that really matter to you — are not. Give them your time and attention.
They are the ones who deserve it.
5. Let yourself be distracted by notifications.
You don’t need to know the instant you get an email. Or a text. Or a tweet. Or anything else that pops up on your phone or computer.
If something is important enough for you to do, it’s important enough for you to do without interruptions. Focus totally on what you’re doing. Then, on a schedule you set — instead of a schedule you let everyone else set — play prairie dog and pop your head up to see what’s happening.
And then get right back to work. Focusing on what you are doing is a lot more important than focusing on other people might be doing.
They can wait. You, and what is truly important to you, cannot.
6. Let your past dictate your future.
Mistakes are valuable. Learn from them.
Then let them go.
Easier said than done? It all depends on your perspective. When something goes wrong, turn it into an opportunity to learn something you didn’t know — especially about yourself.
When something goes wrong for someone else, turn it into an opportunity to be gracious, forgiving, and understanding.
The past is just training. The past should definitely inform but in no way define you … unless you let it.
7. Talk behind someone’s back.
If only because being the focus of gossip sucks. (And so do the people who gossip.)
If you’ve talked to more than one person about something Joe is doing, wouldn’t everyone be better off if you stepped up and actually talked to Joe about it? And if it’s “not your place” to talk to Joe, it’s probably not your place to talk about Joe.
Spend your time on productive conversations. You’ll get a lot more done — and you’ll gain a lot more respect.
8. Say yes when you really mean no.
Refusing a request from colleagues, customers, and especially friends is really hard.
Yet you can’t do everything. You shouldn’t do everything. In fact, success is often based more on what you decide not to do than on what you do.
Besides, rarely will saying no go as badly as you expect. Most people understand (and if they don’t should you care too much about what they think?)
When you say no to something you don’t want to do, at least you only feel bad for a few moments. When you say yes to something you really don’t want to do you can feel bad for a long time — or at least for as long as it takes you to do what you didn’t want do in the first place.
Now it’s your turn. What things are on your NOT-to-do list?
Mrs Folorunsho Alakija – Richest Woman In Africa
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