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Seemingly Urgent Work

Seemingly Urgent Work

Urgent but not-so-important work is one of the leading causes of distraction, as the unanswered phone and unread email look like work but actually pull us away from real, deep work which could be productive.

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"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." - Lincoln

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