What am I spending too much time on?

This is an incredibly powerful question for new hires to ask their managers.

The sooner you can learn what to say “No” to, the better.

Young professionals – myself included – often fall into the trap of wasting time working on, or worrying about, the wrong things.

Instead of engaging in high leverage activities that will really move the needle forward, we get caught up in the minutiae.

It happens to everyone. And part of it is just learning your role, the culture, and the priorities of the organization.

But don’t ever be content with just being busy. Always consider what it is that you should be doing.

As Peter Drucker once said, “There is nothing quite so useless as doing something with great efficiency that shouldn’t be done at all.”