The ultimate reason for not getting “stuff” done.
- The reason that to-do list is never completed and that never feel like getting enough done has far less to do with procrastination, than with the chronic habit of overcommitting to work, and then underestimating how long that work will take me.
- Once you understood that trying to do too much in too little time was the real problem, that dynamic shifted.
- Reframing your time-crunch will allow you to embrace a growth mindset, identify solutions.
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