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DESIGNING YOUR DAYS

How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.

—ANNIE DILLARD

In the television series Dirty Sexy Money, actor Donald Sutherland plays a multibillionaire named Tripp. One of the episodes showed a morning in his life. The scene opened with someone pulling back the curtains with great gusto, welcoming in the daylight. Then the camera panned to Tripp lying in his bed (it was the butler who had opened the curtains). In the next scene, the butler gave Tripp a shave, handed him a tie, and then handed him the newspaper as he walked out the door. Wouldn’t it be great if we all had a butler?

USING YOUR CALENDAR TO ASSIST YOU

Your calendar can be your butler, or if you prefer, your office assistant. Of course, your calendar ...

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