Want to Accomplish More? Start by Doing Less

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We all want to achieve more. We want to meet our goals, we want to impress our bosses and peers. We want to check more items off our checklists in less time. Meanwhile, there are thousands upon thousands of books promising to tell us exactly how to do it. But in this issue, we’re focusing on three books, Productivity is for Robots, How to Fix Meetings, and Powerful Focus, that cut through the nonsense to deliver clear, concise paths to less wasted time and more fulfilment – notice we said fulfilment, not productivity. That’s because generating a lot of output isn’t the same as creating something with real value and meaning.

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