{"id":4311,"date":"2016-09-23T16:30:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T16:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/?p=4311"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:39","slug":"in-the-workplace-youre-never-done-so-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/09\/in-the-workplace-youre-never-done-so-what\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Workplace: You\u2019re Never Done\u2013 So What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4171\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/09\/BizMtgCasual.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4171 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/09\/BizMtgCasual-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Startup Stock Photos\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Startup Stock Photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<strong>A typical salaried professional has between 80-100 hours of backlog on their desk at any time. <\/strong>There will ALWAYS be something to do, and you may NEVER feel \u201cdone.\u201d If you take that too personally you can feel stressed 100% of the time. It\u2019s all about the story you tell yourself.<br \/>\n<strong>In the workplace, it\u2019s almost always about priorities<\/strong>. In 20 years of coaching, I\u2019ve never (except in one highly dysfunctional company) had a client who did not end up feeling more settled when they asked their boss or a coworker to help them get their task list prioritized. Why is that? Because everyone has been there.<br \/>\n<em>(Hint: another reason it works to ask your boss to help is that few bosses wants to admit they are unable to set priorities, else it would be tantamount to announcing they are unfit to lead. So take advantage of that story!)<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Remember, Leadership is not about a title<\/strong><strong>: anyone can be a Leader who creates a workplace where people feel safe admitting they are human and can\u2019t be great at everything. That\u2019s why The Universe created Teams (<u>T<\/u>ogether <u>E<\/u>veryone <u>A<\/u>chieves <u>M<\/u>ore)!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A typical salaried professional has between 80-100 hours of backlog on their desk at any time. There will ALWAYS be something to do, and you may NEVER feel \u201cdone.\u201d If you take that too personally you can feel stressed 100% of the time. It\u2019s all about the story you tell yourself. In the workplace, it\u2019s &#8230; <a title=\"In the Workplace: You\u2019re Never Done\u2013 So What?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/09\/in-the-workplace-youre-never-done-so-what\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about In the Workplace: You\u2019re Never Done\u2013 So What?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,58,11,50],"tags":[321,368],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In the Workplace: You\u2019re Never Done\u2013 So What? - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/09\/in-the-workplace-youre-never-done-so-what\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In the Workplace: You\u2019re Never Done\u2013 So What? - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A typical salaried professional has between 80-100 hours of backlog on their desk at any time. 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