Teachers are good people, who like many find it hard to say,"No!"

When I was doing research for my book, "Love your Life... Survive the System, " I interviewed an experienced teacher, Shirley Davies. She shared this tip with me and I found myself implementing it this week.

Shirley always carries her "To Do" list.

If approached by a colleague to do yet another job that is going to challenge either her time or her work/life balance, she says "Yes, I'd like to help" ... with a smile...

She then slowly takes her list out of her pocket and asks 'So to do your job, I am going to have to take one of these tasks off my to do list.... which one do you want me to delete?"

Continuing to smile she patiently and waits for a response....

It works a treat... let me know if it works for you too.

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