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Reclaiming your time

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Russell Nohelty
Mar 10, 2023
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Wow, a lot of people want to know how to stop doing useless tasks and get to the next level.

I have a lot to say on this topic, and I'll try to give you some of my best tips in future posts.

The #1 most important one being that quitting is beautiful.

It's drilled into our heads from an early age that quitters suck and are lazy, but success is usually about shedding things that weigh you down in order to double down on the things that lift you up.

Quitters always win, but how do you know what to quit?

This is my best exercise in order to shed things that weigh you down.

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Step 1: Get a sheet of paper and split it into three columns. On the far left column list all of your obligations, including your job, your family, and other projects. Sometimes it helps to break this into work, home, and play, but I usually tell people to list them all together i…

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