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Using Your Head

  • Focus on the intersection between the important and the actionable.
  • Rise above myopic focus on immediate needs.
  • Make a list of the ten most important things you can do and start at the top. Not a to-do list, a priority list.
  • Priority lists are helpful because we don’t naturally choose the things that are most important, we often forget our key priorities in the press of the day today.

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Strategy is the craft of figuring out which purposes are both worth pursuing and capable of being accomplished

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