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77: The Effective Executive

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The Importance of Knowledge Work

David Allen used to sell the idea of knowledge work as separate from other things. Peter Drucker defined it this way, he says ideas are not like a tradable commodity with volume. Your thoughts don't have an inherent intrinsic value to them and they're only useful when you put them into action. Nivra: There is a big difference between people that deal in knowledge and people that deal with making Hmm. That's very interesting to know.

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