Biting Off More Than You Can Chew
I don’t know about you, but I am very interested in where words and phrases come from. I remember being in a sophomore literature class in college and being fascinated by how many sayings came from either Shakespeare or the Bible. It's lots folks. In fact, I found a really cool site where you can take a quiz...Who said it? God or Shakespeare. http://hereswhatsleft.typepad.com/home/2004/11/who_said_it_god.html
You’re welcome.
At any rate, as I continue to complain to you about being buried, one of these idioms came to me in this form. “Kelly, you are BITING OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW.”
You are writing three blogs, newsletters, and terribly clever Facebook posts. You sit on your library board and are a VP of your mom of twins club. You are in a book club, and you try to read a book a week. And don’t even get me started on listening to NPR and being obsessed by shows on PBS. And THEN you tried to undertake a 21 day silence challenge. It’s too much, my friend. Just too much.
So I set out to find out about the phrase. And the sad truth, it is just as it sounds. All it means is trying to do more than you are capable of. No famous person claims to have said it first. No fantastic historic example of usage. DAMN.
And yet the spirit is palpable. When you bite off more than you can chew, everything can suffer. Everything starts to get done in a (pardon the expression) HALF ASSED WAY. So I swallowed my pride and quit the silence challenge. You can read my mea culpa on my blog at www.successinprint.net.
So think of yourself here. Are you managing all of your commitments well? Are you leaving yourself enough time and energy and attention so that everything is done well? If not, how would you decide what to let go of?
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Blogger, author, consultant, coach and all around evangelist for the graphic arts industry, Kelly sold digital printing for 15 years so she understands the challenges, frustrations and pitfalls of building a successful sales practice. Her mission is to help printers of all sizes sell more stuff. Kelly's areas of focus include sales and marketing coaching, enabling clients to find engagement strategies that work for them and mentoring the next generation of sales superstars.
Kelly graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Political Science and, among other notable accomplishments, co-founded the Windy City Rollers, a professional women's roller derby league. She is also the mother of two sets of twins under the age of ten, so she fears nothing.
