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Hello. I’m Yasui, a solo founder running a company that mainly inspects high-pressure gas facilities.
When you’re drowning in tasks and feel like both your mind and body are about to burst, you start wanting to throw everything away.
But throwing things away doesn’t actually change anything.
If being irresponsible were an option, you could just drop everything and be done with it.
But in reality, that’s not how it works.
Unless you clearly say no to the other party, even if you “throw it away,” you’re still carrying it.
Saying no, or consciously letting go, is how you lighten your load.
When people are truly overwhelmed, they often try to escape, or their brain goes into defense mode and stops thinking.
That only makes the situation spiral further out of control.
And that’s where things get really dangerous.
Deep down, they probably know it’s bad.
But they can’t say it honestly, so when people around them ask, “Are you okay?” they answer with something like,
“I’m fine, I’m fine!”
People who carry too much are usually terrible at letting go.
They try to do everything themselves.
If you’re handling tasks that don’t actually have to be done by you—administrative work, for example—and there’s already a department, team, or person whose role it is to do those things, then you should hand them over.
What you should be focusing on is the work that only you can do.
There’s a saying: people with high hourly value shouldn’t spend their time doing work that someone with a lower hourly value can handle.
What you choose to do matters—but what you choose not to do matters even more.
When you keep holding onto things and leave them unattended, work starts to become person-dependent.
“Only that person can do it.”
“Only that person understands it.”
You’ve seen situations like that, right?
Often, these are also people who struggle with communication.
Project progress and important information don’t get shared and end up buried deep where no one else can see them.
If someone like this is around you, it might be wise to watch out for information quietly sinking out of sight.
When you take on too much by yourself, nothing good happens—for you or for the company.
Little by little, practice letting go.
Finish your tasks one by one.
You’re not doing this alone.
Let’s support each other through cooperation and solidarity.
Thank you for reading to the end.
See you next time!
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