What is the video all about? Choose two statements that refer to the main ideas of the video.

1. Saying "no" helps prioritize what truly matters in both personal and work life.

2. Learn to tell the difference between "urgent" tasks and truly "important" ones.

3. Urgent tasks can disrupt momentum and make you miss important deadlines.

4. Placing reminders, like a picture of loved ones, can help in making better choices about what to prioritize.

2nd Habit: Say no! You've just got home from work. Your wife and your son are waiting for you so you can have dinner together. You sit down to eat and your son starts telling you about his day, and that's when your phone shows you a notification. A co-worker needs your help to , "Do you remember where we left the sales report?" he asks. You interrupt your son and start your friend. What can you do? You think, you have to help your co-worker or he'll be . While you do that your family has dinner and now your wife is the only one who knows what happened during your son's school day. I'm sure that if I ask you who's to you, your son or your co-worker, your answer would be my son, of course. But what you just did was trade something important for something urgent. Urgent and important are two different things but very easy to be . For example, let's say you're at work trying to finish a report by the . It's a report you have to submit every day by 6 PM. While you are busy with the report suddenly your boss messages you and asks you some urgent questions. If you are like most people, you're going to stop working and answer all the questions your boss is asking until he is satisfied and . Then you will start working on that report, but here's the thing. You already lost momentum in quite some time as well, which means you will probably miss the 6 PM deadline and . Not just that, you are also going to with your family. And then when your partner asks you why you are late, you will start complaining about your job and your boss.

I know you won't like this, but you are the one to blame not your boss. You were the one who didn't have the courage to to your boss. You were the one who traded something urgent for something important. The right thing to do in this was to explain to your boss that you were working against an important deadline and you would once you were done. Urgent things come up all the time. When you say yes to one urgent thing, you're saying no to another important thing. Just like when you said yes to your boss you said no to your own work and to your family. I know saying no is hard it is uncomfortable and we've not been used to , especially when the person is . But without it, life becomes impossible to handle. I once heard a story about who is always eager to help people. For years he would help anyone in any way he could to the point he was more burned out than he had ever been before . And he was spending less and less time at home with his family. So we made a very simple change. He placed a picture of his wife and kids on his desk, next to his phone. Every time a call came in, he would and think about what he was really saying yes and no to. He didn't stop helping others, but he became about his actions. So remember when you say yes to something, you're saying no to many other things. You're always choosing. Choose wisely! Put a on your computer if you have to. Do whatever you need to do, but make saying no a daily habit. I don't want to sound like I've these habits and I'm here to teach you. No, I am still struggling. I am still catching myself reading an email on my phone while my daughter is trying to talk to me. I am still missing dinners because I forgot to say no. The important thing is that compared to yesterday, I am a little bit better today at saying no. And that is . We should always compare where we are today compared to where we were yesterday, instead of comparing ourselves to others. Okay, I went off-topic here a bit. So to summarize, make it a habit to say no, especially to the things that are urgent but not important.