"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."
"There are two synergistic approaches for increasing productivity that are inversions of each other: 1. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (80/20). 2. Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson's Law). The best solution is to use both together: Identify the few critical tasks that contribute most to income and schedule them with very short and clear deadlines."
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Source: Money for nothing by Timothy Ferriss, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2008.
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