Chapter 11 Response

Chapter eleven talked about understanding the amount of work you handle at a time. When we nonchalantly agree to do more work a without giving it a second thought, we start to create stress for ourselves. This results in biting off more (work) than we can chew. Three things we can do to prevent this from happening is to stop making agreements, actually doing what you agreed to do, or renegotiate our agreement. When it comes to making agreements, learning to say no will help tremendously lower your level of stress. It is important to make inventory of our work, which will help us visualize whether we have time to actually add more to our workload and to think twice before accepting an agreement. You can also just complete the work you agreed to do. Here, using the two-minute rule can be extremely helpful in complete your smaller task. Lastly, renegotiating your agreement is crucial when it comes to the trust of your colleagues. If something more important comes up, make sure to reschedule any activities that may include others, rather than not showing up and flaking on them.  We should continue to collect task until all tasks are collected, meaning we will never become less stress if there is anything left in our heads to worry about. This doesn’t mean our mind will be empty, but instead, more focused on current activities (“be in the zone”).