Treat Your To-Do List Like a River, and Other Mindset Shifts for Making Better Use of Your Time
The Art of Manliness
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Efficiency Breeds Overload
Pursuing efficiency in the face of infinite tasks leads to increased busyness with less important activities. The effort to manage more tasks and responsibilities only serves to dilute focus and hinder the ability to make meaningful choices about priorities. Improved efficiency in handling workloads, like emails, results in an overwhelming increase in demands, ultimately creating more chaos rather than relief. This phenomenon resembles the experiences seen in traffic studies; greater capacity does not alleviate congestion but often exacerbates it.
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