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32 NO B.S. Time Management for EntrepreneursCHAPTER 3 / HOW TO DRIVE A STAKE THROUGH THE HEARTS OF THE TIME VAMPIRES OUT TO SUCK YOU DRYHe will say, %u201cNo, but%u2014%u201d and then you must again rudely interrupt him: %u201cNo buts. Thanks. We%u2019ll get to it tomorrow.%u201d Then physically get away. (If he%u2019s in YOUR office, you leave.)He will be offended. Good. The odds of him holding the trivial matter over until tomorrow and bringing it back to you are less than 50%u201350. He%u2019ll go sink his teeth into somebody else%u2019s throat%u2014or maybe even resolve it on his own%u2014but he won%u2019tpatiently wait until tomorrow.Oh Boy, It%u2019s Soap Opera TimeHave you ever watched famous soap opera diva Susan Lucci overact? I believe the show All My Children finally ended its 40 years on air some years ago, also ending Susan%u2019s histrionics. Such drama queen over-reaction is the hallmark of all great soap opera stars. Someone can walk into a room and say, %u201cRonald has just been murdered and is lying outside on the lawn with a giant metal pink flamingo stuck through his chest,%u201d or walk in and say, %u201cIt%u2019s raining outside,%u201d and get the same massive reaction: crying, sobbing, pulling hair, chest heaving, body twisting, overacting. Well, some people are just like soap opera stars in real life. They turn everything into an emotional crisis. They react to everything emotionally. They magnify everything%u2019s importance. And if you%u2019re not careful, they%u2019ll pull you right into the drama. When they do, visualize them sticking in the IV and taking out a quart.The other problem with these particular vampires is that, at the very least, they make you give up your time to attempt to put them back together emotionally. They guilt you into giving them your shoulder to cry on, and while they%u2019re resting their head on your shoulder, they%u2019re sinking their teeth into your neck.Some people have the amazing ability to turn every molehill into a mountain. If you happen to have some of these over-reactive,