Quotes About Overcommitment

I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.

Like airlines, we routinely overbook ourselves, fearful of any unused capacity, confident that we can fit everything in. We fear that if we don't cram as much as possible into our day, we might miss out on something fabulous, important, special, or career advancing. But there are no rollover minutes in life. We don't get to keep all that time we "save." It's actually a very costly way to live.

The quickest and easiest way to screw up your life is to take on too much debt.

I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking.

The problem with trying to do too much is that even if it works, adding more to your work and your life without cutting anything brings a lot of bad with it: missed deadlines, disappointing results, high stress, long hours, lost sleep, poor diet, no exercise, and missed moments with family and friends— all in the name of going after something that is easier to get than you might imagine.

When youre a new person and a new idea, you get invited to all these different things, and everybody wants a piece of you. And you want to be polite and say yes to everything, but it gets dangerous.

We say yes to every invite, and then we feel tired and anxious and stressed and overworked and burnt out.

ask yourself if you're doing far more than your fair share, and if it's frustrating or exhausting you.

Overcommitment can be as serious an obstacle to change as believing that you don't need fixing or that your flaws are part of the reason you're successful.

Il problema è che offro più di quanto ho. Sono il più stupido dei draghi. Quello che sputa scintille e si brucia le ali.