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Eliminate "nice to do" tasks

Ask, Is this really necessary? Do you need to have that meeting? In many cases, you don't, but you do anyway simply because that's what you've always done.

Eliminate as many "nice to do" tasks as possible - you'll have more time to be effective where it really matters.

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