Tackling The Difficult Stuff First
Our mornings are the prime-time hours of our lives, and the morning routine makes or breaks our day.
To achieve success, one has to have a certain discipline to begin the day with the most difficult thing on our list and complete it in the first half. The rest of the day can then be easily dealt with.
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