NARROW IT DOWN

Don’t try to do it all. This is another of the success traps to avoid. We often have to work very hard at convincing successful people that not everything needs fixing. Would you say, being as busy as you are, that perhaps the root cause lies within your tendency to never say no? The old adage “The reward for a job well done is more work” most likely was written about you. Let this be one part of your life where you don’t over commit—pick one thing to stop doing.

Get What Got You Here Won't Get You There in Sales: How Successful Salespeople Take it to the Next Level now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.