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Never check e-mail first thing in the morning.12 Instead, complete your most important task before 11:00 A.M. to avoid using lunch or reading e-mail as a postponement excuse.

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace. —ROBERT J. SAWYER,

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Problems, as a rule, solve themselves or disappear if you remove yourself as an information bottleneck and empower others.

any company that needs to take checks (cheques) should consider a lock box solution.

If someone is going to ask, or asks, “Where should we eat?” “What movie should we watch?” “What should we do tonight?” or anything similar, do NOT reflect it back with, “Well, what do you want to …?” Offer a solution. Stop the back-and-forth and make a decision.

lack of time is actually lack of priorities.

Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective—doing less—is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.

Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away. —ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY,