To do the impossible...

is just silly.

I re-learned an important lesson this week (and it's only Tuesday). If your boss gives you an 'impossible' task, don't do it!

Even if you're the type that takes pride in doing the impossible, don't do it!

Even if you know that it's not a brain-busting task, just a little complicated and time consuming, don't give in to that urge to show off. Just don't do it!

And especially don't do it today if you can stretch it out for a week or a month, like it's really, really, REALLY hard.

You know why, don't you?

Because if you do the impossible today, he won't be grateful. He won't give you that raise or bonus you deserve. All you'll get is more work because he'll just think up something else that's even more impossible to do tomorrow.