The Small Shift to Make Better Work Decisions

How this tweak to a question might just save your work life

I love a good vacation, a spur of the moment hang with a friend, and anytime one of my kids wants to have me tag along with them to do most anything.

Living with a very spontaneous enneagram 7 husband has turned me into much more of a free spirit in my off-the-clock life, which I actually *do enjoy.

But though the question I ask myself in these pop-up situations — why not? -- is a fantastic question to throw caution to the wind, it is a terrible question to make almost any and every good work decision.

Because while why not? is so very YOLO, it is not very business-wise. Where it provides whimsy, fun, and unbridled joy, it doesn’t allow for strategy, boundary, quality execution and longevity. Sound boring? Maybe. But all of those things also produce the kind of work quality and stability that eventually leads to greater freedom!

And there’s absolutely nothing boring about that.