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Busy Avoiding Productive Work

Busy Avoiding Productive Work
We often keep working trying to avoid something we should be doing. We bury and hide in our busyness, masking our inability to face what needs to be done.
We are busy being busy, while not doing anything productive or of real value.

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How to Turn Uninspiring Goals Into an Epic Adventure

How to Turn Uninspiring Goals Into an Epic Adventure

https://observer.com/2015/09/how-to-turn-uninspiring-goals-into-an-epic-adventure/

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