Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. You should focus on effectiveness, rather than efficiency.
You need to constantly ask yourself: "Am I being productive or just active?"
A good approach to elimination will kill the need for time management. You won't deal with tasks that waste time.
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