Richard Milligan explains how he learned to say no first, protecting his long-term vision through regular time audits. He instantly declines requests like nonprofit board positions and rejected offers to adapt his coaching program for loan officers and real estate agents because they didn't align with his core work.
I'm a yes person by nature. So one of the things I've had to become aware of is doing time audits consistently for myself. And over a course of a decade, I've gotten to where I always say no at first, always and immediately. I can always say yes later. So someone will say, hey, you're the perfect person. You're the exact person we need on this nonprofit board. And I'll just say no immediately. And so over a window of time, I've gotten really good at saying no. And some of those things are saying no to things that are already currently in my life. And those have been some hard decisions. But, but it's, it's gotta be aligned with the long-term vision. I mean, we had 2 companies say, hey, would you take your coaching program and now turn it to loan officers? Because this all will work with real estate agents and builders and financial planners. And I'm like, it doesn't align with our vision. No.
