This article is short and sweet. You may consider printing it to post–in several places in your office (and carry one with you). Some of these are questions to ask of yourself and others are to be asked of others.

When someone makes a request of you AND when you think of taking on different projects, ask the “asker” one or more of these questions:

1. Does this _______ (activity, task, job, responsibility, commitment) fit with my goals? (Note: This one is difficult to answer if you don’t know what your goals are).

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Part Four in the “Coming Into Your Own” Series

For most of us, the need to have productive and intimate relationships is very important. We work on improving our marriages and friendships and sometimes, although unproductively, we try to work on others, too.

We often think we will be happy when our relationships are happy. This thought process is really backwards. In other words, our relationships will be happier ones when we are happier with ourselves. A big piece in coming into your own is to have the courage to “go at it alone” for a while.

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