Is a publishing professional with more than twenty years of

If only I could find the time, I’d . . .
learn how to play golf
learn new skills to help me advance at work
get more sleep
master conversational Spanish
earn an M.B.A.
have people over for dinner at least twice a month
Perhaps  you  don’t  really  want  to 
learn
  Spanish;  you  simply 
wish  you  knew  how  to 
speak
  Spanish.  The  first  is  active;  you’d 
really enjoy the process of learning. The second is passive; you 
wish you already had the benefit of the activity. Even so, you may 
be willing to do the work to get the benefit. If so, leave the item 
on your list.
Take  a  good  look  at  your  list.  It  represents  the  true  cost  of 
your  commitments.  Line  up  the  two  lists,  commitments  on  the 
left, yearnings on the right. Decide which activity on the commit-
ment list you’ll quit and which activity on the wish list you’ll begin 
instead. Then do whatever it takes to make the switch.
L E A R N I N G   T O   S AY   “ N O ”

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