Building Boundaries

Have you ever felt like you were being pulled in so many directions that you couldn't get anything accomplished?  Sure you have!  Our lives are constantly flooded by emails, phone calls, making dinner and a host of other normal human activities.  If you're an entrepreneur, the odds are that you're also a people pleaser, which just compounds this feeling of overwhelm!  If that describes you, than the good news is that there is a solution!

In order to battle the overwhelm in your life, you likely need to start setting more clear boundaries with others around you.  If you're a people pleaser, your default is likely to say "YES" to everything that comes your way.  In reality, most of us should be responding with a huge "NO" then try to justify a different answer.  The key to doing this is to get really clear on your priorities.  What's most important to you this week, this month and this year?  If you don't have immediate answers to these questions, that's step one.  There's never going to be enough time in the day to accomplish everything.  But when you gain clarity on your priories, it's much easier to build the appropriate boundaries to protect your time and your mental wellbeing.

Get wildly clear about who you are, what you want and what's most important to you.  When you can get clarity on these questions for yourself, they act as a filter for the hundreds of requests that are made of you each week.  If it won't move you closer to your priorities, than you know what the answer should be!  How are you going to be more intentional about setting clear boundaries in your life?