How to Say Yes to Your Career

I used to say yes to the vast majority of things and now my default is largely no. It's a quick and respectful no to the offer that's been given to me. I think your ability to say yes erodes faster than your habit of saying yes. And so you do get in your mid career to a point where suddenly you're surrounded by commitments that you've made that you really can't fulfill properly, he says. You need to switch not only switch to saying no as the default setting but also take stock of all the projects and all the committees that you're on and all the things that you've committed to  and do a cull.