Learn How To Say "No" To Improve Your Productivity

“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say “no” to almost everything.” - Warren Buffet.Being the CEO of a fast growing company is an incredibly fulfilling but also incredibly demanding job.  The day starts early and never ends.  Therefore, using my time wisely is super important.  I have a seemingly infinite todo list.  Therefore, figuring out what not to do is as important as, if not more important than, figuring out what to do.About a year ago we ran into many roadblocks in scaling the company.  Among other things, key positions weren’t filling fast enough, which seriously hampered

Who influenced this selection?What is this?

What the influencers are saying

  1. monkchips

    95.0 days ago

    "very successful people say “no” to almost everything.” - Warren Buffet http://t.co/PSrpICxS

  2. Tom Conrad

    95.0 days ago

    Important advice for everyone, not just CEO's: Learn How To Say "No" http://t.co/d3ea7Le4 via Wattpad CEO @allenlau



Related Reading




InformationWeek encourages readers to engage in spirited, healthy debate, including taking us to task. However, InformationWeek moderates all comments posted to our site, and reserves the right to modify or remove any content that it determines to be derogatory, offensive, inflammatory, vulgar, irrelevant/off-topic, racist or obvious marketing/SPAM. InformationWeek further reserves the right to disable the profile of any commenter participating in said activities.

Disqus Tips To upload an avatar photo, first complete your Disqus profile. | View the list of supported HTML tags you can use to style comments. | Please read our commenting policy.