11Keep it and Clarify it, or Delete it From Your Life Completely
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
—Confucius
The only thing worse than being too lazy is being too busy. Remember, there's a difference between being busy and being productive. Busy people focus on efficiency and doing as much as possible. Productive people focus on effectiveness and doing the minimum amount possible to achieve the maximum effect.
Effectiveness is your priority, but efficiency is still important. Efficiency allows for effectiveness. To be efficient, you must start systemizing your internal and external environments. But before you can systemize anything, you need to organize it. You need to determine which parts of your would‐be ...
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