CHAPTER ELEVEN Living the Freedom Attitude and the Focus Question

Il_9781605091457_0076_001 THE FOLLOWING Monday morning, Carol gave herself a focus period. She took the last card Eleanor had given them and followed it to the letter. She first put all her to-dos in a new holding pen, a simple pad of paper. Then she reviewed her business and personal purposes and set her business and personal—with emphasis on the personal— priorities for the day to come. When she totaled the amount of time she guesstimated each priority would take, she was stunned.

“Fourteen hours!” she said out loud. “No wonder I’m frequently frustrated at the end of the day. I just plan too much! I ...

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