How to say no to projects that are a waste of your time

Being constantly busy doesn’t always create value. Here’s how to protect your time, and focus on work that matters most.

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Everyone I know these days is busy. They put in long hours at work running from one meeting to another, writing reports, engaging in internal and customer-facing work. There isn’t much downtime. Yet, all that busy-ness doesn’t necessarily equate to production.

Often, you do the next thing in front of you without thinking about the costs associated with the work. Every time you engage in a task, it has a real cost to it. There is the amount of........

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