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Every commitment you make is a commitment you break somewhere else. Choose wisely.
Every yes is a no to something else — you just don't always see the other side of that trade in the moment.
Saying yes to a favour, a meeting, a project — none of it is free. It comes out of the same finite pool as everything else you care about.
Before agreeing to something, ask what you'd have to say no to in order to do it well. If the honest answer is "the thing that actually matters to me," that's usually the answer you need.
