I agreed to too many projects at once because I didn’t want to be the person who says no, now I’m behind on everything and stressing out to the max. Is there any way for me to offload some of this without looking like a total flake 😩

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One of the earliest lessons I learned in consulting was when to say “No” to new things on my plate …

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Ditch any internal stuff first unless it’s for someone you consider a core sponsor. For the rest, triage where you can (ie, bare minimum where it will be okay) and focus on the most promising / important projects

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Talk to your manager. Shifting around work is a key managerial job. Even if all projects were split evenly to start, one project vastly increasing in scope would cause resource shifting.

I literally had this same conversation a few weeks ago. Not a big deal

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