Cassie sits in utter despair. She recently connected on Linkedin with a potential client. She has honed the habit of mindfully keeping in touch with her connections on a regular basis - sending them well wishes, greetings, and interesting bits of insightful things she finds. She became friendly with her new connection. They both eagerly shared the work they do which overlapped in one area. An event was coming up and Cassie was invited to participate in a major role. She tossed and twisted. Is this something she wanted to do? Can she commit to it at this time? The queries went up in her head. She did not want to disappoint her new connection and patently wanted to continue the camaraderie forged between them. It is not difficult to see Cassie's dilemma. Ughh. Why do we say “Yes” to many things we actually don’t want to do? The many time demands, some of which we place upon ourselves and those from others, can lead to an