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The Time-Management Mistake That Keeps Us Overcommitted

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Photo by Kanhaiya Sharma from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/while-ladder-attached-to-the-orange-wall-13062567/ What is the most costly time-management mistake? Giving the same hour away twice.  As a time management coach, I often see how we trick ourselves into believing that it's possible to do far more than actually fits in the time that we have in a day or a week. Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism, discussed this in a recent newsletter on "Every Yes Has a… Continue reading

Elizabeth Grace Saunders is a time management coach, speaker, and author. She regularly writes for Harvard Business Review and Fast Company.

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