NOT Better Late Than Never
Have
you ever felt overcommitted in your life? Have you ever felt like you needed to
say no to a responsibility, but said yes because you didn’t want to let anyone
down? Have you taken on too many tasks and ended up cancelling on some of them
maybe to a later date or maybe all together? Well, experts are saying that you
should not do this for a number of reasons. An article I recently read discussed
how people in the workplace specifically need to keep their word when it comes
to responsibilities. If you cancel on people, your trust is thrown out the
window. This also works vice versa. If someone is to cancel on you, how can you
trust them to keep their word the next time? Or will there even be a next time?
If you keep cancelling, pushing dates of things back, and or finishing work
late that you said would be done at a certain time, you lack a sense of
maturity. These are things kids in school do, not grown adults working nine to five
jobs.
In
public relations, we talk to a lot of people daily, whether it is setting up dates
for events, scheduling meetings with clients, or writing things up for your
company or others. There are a lot of different responsibilities that come with
it. It is important to keep your word when it comes to these things, or no one
will take you seriously. How can you do your job right for your company or for other
clients if all you do is cancel on them or reschedule? It will have negative
consequences for you and your image, and, not to mention, the company that you
work for and their reputation and image.
The
article goes on to tell us that if you want to say no in the first place for
any reason, just say no. If you feel that you can not do the job to the highest
of your ability, then do not waste someone else’s time. They will appreciate
that you are looking out for them in the long run. Do not feel obligated to do
it all. The article also says that cancelling actually will make you feel more
stressed than if you actually commit and fulfill the obligations that you said
you would. If not, they will be in the back of your mind to stress about at a
later date.
If
you want to be professional, maintain a good reputation, and keep your stress
to a minimum, quit cancelling on all of your obligations. If you feel like you
are taking on too much in the first place, just say no. There is no rule that
says you must perform so many responsibilities or else. Make life easier on
yourself and handle all that you feel comfortable with.
It is hard to say "no" and I sometimes feel obligate to say "yes" because I feel sorry to them. But in my PR class, I have learned that it is important to say what I want to say. Speaking up in public is sometimes difficult. Thank you for sharing the article. It is very helpful to keep my stress minimum.
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