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Do you want to reach your goals and avoid distractions? Here are 10 simple ways to refocus your wandering mind and achieve success. Open at source

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Parkinson’s Law holds that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion,”, which is why setting time limits can deflate a ballooning task.

If you have your schedule set and know you only have an hour to get a particular task done, it will be significantly easier to avoid procrastinating.

I don’t always succeed, but I try to focus my time and energy where it matters, and I know that busyness is not synonymous with productivity.

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