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“I over-committed and now I'm letting people down.”
Over-commitment is often a form of wishful thinking at the moment of saying yes. The fix isn't shame — it's honesty, first with yourself about your actual capacity, and then with the people you've committed to. A smaller promise kept is worth more than a bigger one abandoned.
Your Practice
List everything you've currently committed to. Mark what you can realistically deliver. For the rest, contact those people today — not tomorrow — and be honest about what you can actually provide. Then build the habit of saying yes more slowly.
The Architects
“Perform without fail what you resolve.”
— Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin