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The Lie That Perfectionists Tell Themselves

Harvard Business

For example, one of the most common ones is the belief that increasing productivity, or getting the most out of your time, will decrease the quality of your work, or your ability to do tasks perfectly. Meb Keflezighi, 2014 Boston Marathon winner, associates the connection between speed and form (i.e.,

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Learning without training – Books

The Management Centre

Burkeman looks at time management in a wholly different way – helping to go beyond the usual advice (don’t sweat the small stuff, get focused, be productive, use a diary and a to-do-list etc), and presents techniques suited to the modern always-on age. Spoiler alert: we only have around 4,000 weeks to live a full and satisfying life.