Giving in with an easy yes risks overcommitting our time, our energy and even our finances.
Like most people, I already feel overcommitted almost all the time.
On the contrary, one could argue that overcommitted workers spend more time in direct contact with patients, and this provides an opportunity for greater conflict.
But when we overcommit ourselves, we spend our time checking things off a list rather than actually creating value.
"We didn't watch them enough last time and we overcommitted to help.
Mr. Wilson, overcommitted as usual, had no time to immerse himself in an entirely new technology.
This will keep you from overcommitting, ensuring you've enough time to check off all the items on that list.
It also allowed me to improve my life; in addition to taking medication, I now reward myself for work I find difficult, write down what I need to remember to do, set alarms on my phone so I can do things on time, try not to overcommit to activities, and keep a non-intimidating to-do list.
Later, pressed about where he might pull back American forces, which he said were overcommitted, Mr. Bush had a hard time.
This situation is exacerbated by CPs seemingly giving overcommitted assurances while at the same time limiting liability for failure to achieve the assured levels of service in their SLAs.
And that's how I found myself, a normally overcommitted professional, untethered for the first time in, um, forever.
