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Shift Tasks to Your Someday/Maybe List

Shift Tasks to Your Someday/Maybe List

If you examine your task list carefully, you’ll often find low priority items that you can shift to a ‘someday/maybe’ list. These are items you’d love to do if you had all the time in the world. But realistically, at this moment, these tasks don’t need to be done. Completing these tasks won’t move you closer to your significant results, so doing them will not increase your productivity.

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Productivity trap.

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