Are you being pulled in a million directions, unable to determine with clarity what to prioritize, what to drop completely, and what can be pushed off?
Do you worry about what others might think should you drop or push something off?
Do you feel selfish any time you try to prioritize something you really want (no matter how small) because there's too much to get done?
The problem isn't that you have too much to do. That's a symptom of the real problem.
Your problem is that your life has been overtaken by a bunch of "shoulds". The ones that say: - You should be happy about your new promotion (even though you're not) because it's more money and one more step to making it to the top.
- You shouldn't climb too high on the career ladder until your kids are adults (otherwise, people might think you're a bad mother or father).
- You should put other people first, otherwise you might be seen as selfish or uncaring.
These are "shoulds" of real people - either clients or something I've believed. And I'm guessing at least one of them hits home for you too.
Living your life in accordance with these external expectations creates unneeded pressure (and lots of stress). And it also takes you away from the life you were created for. Before you know it, you're just going through the motions while: - feeling exhausted by life;
- being resentful of the people who are happily successful; and
- telling yourself that your dreams were unreachable (maybe even believing that you were foolish for ever having them).
Living this way creates misery and REGRET that you never had the courage to live life your way, but instead lived the life that was expected of you. Trust me, I know this regret well (I had it when I thought I would die from cancer).
I don't want you to one day regret your life, which brings me to today's success strategy... | 
