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How to Focus on What’s Important, Not Just What’s Urgent

Harvard Business

If you’re like most people, these priorities slip to the back of your mind while you work on low-importance, time-specific tasks, such as booking a hotel room for a conference, clearing out your email inbox, or writing a monthly newsletter. Something that helps me is travel, especially taking flights alone.

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Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week

Harvard Business

I travel to them, and then back again, in the middle of my work days. When I worked as Director of Leadership Development at Walmart, my days were full of meetings. They sit subconsciously in my brain, taking up space. I prepare for them in my notebooks. And what do most meetings usually result in? You guessed it — more meetings.

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