"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."
"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. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe."
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Source: The 4-Hour Workweek. Book by Tim Ferriss, 2007.
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