All the productivity gurus urge doing “first things first”. But, not one of them can stuff more hours in the day. If one learns anything from my time trying to keep all the plates spinning, the key lesson is “no!”. Firmly, gently, honestly applied. “No, I have no more … not bananas, but time today”. On the first of each month, I’m going to ruthlessly prune all the task that I have taken on with an eye to eliminating them.

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