Timing:When you are overworked
When you are overworked, STOP accepting more projects or tasks or responsibilities. That’s the only way you’re going to be able to devote as much time and energy as you want to your many projects. Remember that when you’re able to organize your projects and you are able to tell when you have too many it’s going to improve your ability to carry them out skillfully.
This will translate to bigger responsibilities and even promotions at your job. Of course, that means you’ll need to learn how to organize different projects. So make sure that you’re looking at your work and compiling a list to determine whether or not you have enough work or too much.
If some one is nagging there is no harm to be strict. They are are just trying make you emotional shift their own burden on you!
Make sure your no is a NO.. I just learnt it yesterday at work.
Done it good! Finally I have learnt it... Taking up things on my shoulder then messing up never helps me or anyone else.
I have been busy with some office work.. I was unwell last week so there was a lot pending. Now, that I am having my own work pressure a collegue is asking me for my help. It was not possible. I had to be firm and say NO.
I just got an offer, however they had unrealistic expectations. It is not that I cannot fulfil them, but it would be just stressful for me at this point of time.
I just refused it. A big "NO".