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#365 - Oliver Burkeman - How To Properly Manage Your Time
Modern Wisdom
The Efficiency Trap and the Importance Trap
The efficiency trap occurs when increased efficiency leads to a greater workload as the freed-up time is filled with more tasks, potentially neglecting leisure. The importance trap arises when the focus on productivity results in accomplishing unimportant tasks efficiently, overshadowing critical and impactful ones. Mastering efficiency may lead to an overflow of low-quality tasks, increasing the pressure to meet others' expectations and diminish the time for crucial endeavors.
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