Chad Silverstein reflects in a short YouTube clip about the necessity of saying "no" to additional commitments to protect time for the single most important priority. He recounts pulling "page 70" from a playbook during a conversation with a mentor (Guru) and cites Gino Wickman/EOS as an exemplar of refusing distractions and protecting focused time.
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I was practicing with Guru and Guru reminded me of something that's really important and that was to say no to more. We were talking about what I'm working on and I told him how I'm a bit overwhelmed with a lot of to do's and a lot of things I want to get done. I don't have time to do it. And he said, pull out page 70 in the playbook. So I pulled it out. He didn't even flinch. He knew right away, just page 70. And it was the blog post about no mo and not taking on more than you can handle and skinning it down to the most important thing and biggest priority. Saying no to things you love is just a hard thing to do. Especially when you can do something, you want to do something you enjoy doing it and you have to say no to it if you want to stay on target with whatever it is that's the most important. So that's the clarity. Got to get clear on what's the most important priority. Make sure you're spending the allocated time that's necessary towards that aim, not getting distracted and saying no to more. Gino Wickman used to say you have to like love saying no. I used to love seeing him talk about this. He'd say people would ask me about things and you know, the big thing at EOS is you don't chase shiny things. Just because something looks good doesn't mean you should do it just because you can. And he would just say no with like this devilish kind of a look, like he knew he was protecting his time. He knew he was making enough time for the most important things and he wasn't going to get stuck like most entrepreneurs and leaders who say they don't have time for things that are important. So say no. Say no. No to more.
