đź’ˇ LAW OF THE FEW : Identify your main goals. List 2 or 3 activities that help your goals. the tools have a substantially positive impact. Use 80/20 law.
đź’ˇ QUIT SOCIAL MEDIA : Ban yourself from using them for 30 days. Don't mention it online. "Would the 30 days have been notably better if I had been able to use the social media?"
đź’ˇ DON'T USE THE INTERNET TO ENTERTAIN YOU : Give your brain a quality alternative, like books
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But instead of denying their use completely, use the “Craftsman Approach to Tool Selection.” This means that you copy the way craftsman pick tools: they use the ones with positive impacts that outweigh the negative impacts if you are a Facebook Ads marketer, use Facebook. If you h...
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