The Anti Skill - Being Ok With Never Finishing Your ToDo List

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It is important to have an antiskill, or the ability to not do something.
This can be done by being willing to not clear the decks, and to be okay with the fact that there will always be a whole bunch of stuff on your todo list that you're not doing at the moment.
This allows you to be present with a project that matters to you, or a person who matters to you.

Sam Harris presents an unconventional perspective on time management from Oliver Burkeman. Rather than focusing on rote efficiency or productivity, Burkeman calls on us to embrace our finitude and surrender to the rhythms of life, so that we may “end our struggle with time”—and live with “more accomplishment, more success, and more time spent on what matters most.”

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