“Oh, I don’t participate in those,” Jay said matter-of-factly.
That was the response I got when I asked her if she was going to a mutual friend’s baby shower.
Greatest. Answer. Ever.
Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against baby showers. It’s just an example of an unforced error we all commit.
Jay probably commits fewer of those errors than most of us.
The unforced error is letting other people’s priorities become your own.
If you let this happen a little bit, then you’ve strapped on ankle weights while swimming to the other shore.
If you let this happen A LOT, then you’ve strapped on an anchor. You’ll be stuck wherever you are right now and you’ll NEVER get to the other shore.
You can’t possibly grow and achieve all the things you want to achieve, if you are constantly putting other people’s priorities in front of your own.
That will help THEM get to THEIR shore, but you’ll never get to your.
