The Importance of Completion and Creation

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The two key things that we're really accountable for here on the planet are completion and creation. So, you know, you need to be accountable for the things you've put in motion. It's a very, very simple as these things may sound or be they actually resonate with a very core level. I think of the human experience. There's no cultural bias. There'sNo gender bias. No personality bias. There’s nothing to this. Everybody needs to handle what they've put in the motion. If I'm only going to see you for a day or for two hours or whatever, what would I want you to know? And so I couldn't stop telling you this

David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, and Greg discuss the practical ways and key specifics to immediately begin the journey of cutting out what is non-essential, both personally and professionally. They go back and forth on the deeper and visionary elements of why it’s beneficial to focus on doing what matters most.

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