Christy Wright

But the reality is that we can understand that you will always disappoint people because your time, your money, and your energy are finite. You're always going to have to make choices. And so leadership is really about making the right choices. And when you realize that you're going to disappoint people, in leadership you will disappoint people. That is a fact.

But the reality is that we can understand that you will always disappoint people because your time, your money, and your energy are finite. You're always going to have to make choices. And so leadership is really about making the right choices. And when you realize that you're going to disappoint people, in leadership you will disappoint people. That is a fact.

But the key is just disappointing the right people. And if you discern it to understand, I'm going to say yes to this situation because this is the right decision for me and for my business and what I'm doing, my goals. then you have a little bit more confidence in order to say no to that person because you're focused more on your yes.

But the key is just disappointing the right people. And if you discern it to understand, I'm going to say yes to this situation because this is the right decision for me and for my business and what I'm doing, my goals. then you have a little bit more confidence in order to say no to that person because you're focused more on your yes.

This is so that I can say yes to this thing versus just feeling the guilt of saying no to this other person. But really, I mean, all leaders and everyone in general, we want to make people happy. We don't want to disappoint people. But I think if we realize that we're saying no in order to say yes, to something better and something more right for us and get focused on a guest.

This is so that I can say yes to this thing versus just feeling the guilt of saying no to this other person. But really, I mean, all leaders and everyone in general, we want to make people happy. We don't want to disappoint people. But I think if we realize that we're saying no in order to say yes, to something better and something more right for us and get focused on a guest.

And that makes it a little bit easier to do that. You need to decide in leadership, do you want to be popular or do you want to be effective? Because you can see both. And you can be popular and try to make everyone happy and say, yes, everyone should be everyone's friend, but you're not going to be effective.

And that makes it a little bit easier to do that. You need to decide in leadership, do you want to be popular or do you want to be effective? Because you can see both. And you can be popular and try to make everyone happy and say, yes, everyone should be everyone's friend, but you're not going to be effective.

And if you're going to be effective, sometimes that involves saying no and doing the right thing for the greater good of the business and the goals and the proper and yourself personally. But that leads to a more effective leader, possibly less popular at times, which is hard. But in the long run, everyone will benefit when you're more effective.

And if you're going to be effective, sometimes that involves saying no and doing the right thing for the greater good of the business and the goals and the proper and yourself personally. But that leads to a more effective leader, possibly less popular at times, which is hard. But in the long run, everyone will benefit when you're more effective.

Well, you know, it's a temptation for a lot of people because it's just so normal in our culture. As a culture, we are maxed out. We're maxed out on our credit cards. We're maxed out on our time and our commitments. We are burning the candle at both ends.

Well, you know, it's a temptation for a lot of people because it's just so normal in our culture. As a culture, we are maxed out. We're maxed out on our credit cards. We're maxed out on our time and our commitments. We are burning the candle at both ends.

And this is just the normal day-to-day where people stand around the water cooler and talk about just how little sleep they got that night before. Almost like it's a badge of honor of how hard we work, how long we work, how much we have going on, how many errands, etc., But the reality is, is that's not what leads to a productive or even fulfilling life because it's not sustainable long term.

And this is just the normal day-to-day where people stand around the water cooler and talk about just how little sleep they got that night before. Almost like it's a badge of honor of how hard we work, how long we work, how much we have going on, how many errands, etc., But the reality is, is that's not what leads to a productive or even fulfilling life because it's not sustainable long term.

You're not going to be as effective or productive at work if you maintain that long term. And so really the idea of just to avoid overcrowding your schedule is just to create margins. So you want to create pockets of time, and it's not a prescription of it has to be this amount of hours.

You're not going to be as effective or productive at work if you maintain that long term. And so really the idea of just to avoid overcrowding your schedule is just to create margins. So you want to create pockets of time, and it's not a prescription of it has to be this amount of hours.

But you need to have some margin and some cushion in your time, just like we teach people with the faith account. You don't want to live paycheck to paycheck. You need some cushion and some savings and some margin to fall back on. But that's true with your energy, and that's true with your time. I wrote an article on my blog about this a couple months ago.

But you need to have some margin and some cushion in your time, just like we teach people with the faith account. You don't want to live paycheck to paycheck. You need some cushion and some savings and some margin to fall back on. But that's true with your energy, and that's true with your time. I wrote an article on my blog about this a couple months ago.

But what if we just treated our schedule and our energy a little bit differently where we stopped before we were completely burnt out, exhausted, where we called out moments of time, whether that's an hour or 20 minutes or an entire day, where we didn't allow any commitments to come in. And then we were able to focus on the West and recovery and hobbies and helping our families.

But what if we just treated our schedule and our energy a little bit differently where we stopped before we were completely burnt out, exhausted, where we called out moments of time, whether that's an hour or 20 minutes or an entire day, where we didn't allow any commitments to come in. And then we were able to focus on the West and recovery and hobbies and helping our families.