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Productive People Fight the ‘Tyranny of the Urgent’

From Quartz:

The tyranny of the urgent refers to the tendency of little things that have to be done right now to get in the way of what really matters. This creates a huge problem as urgent actions often have little impact.

# June 30, 2015

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