INDEX

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“Accidental” ideas, 50

Achievement:

changing definitions of, 144–145

and commitment plan, 60

of happiness, 133

Active listening, 74–75

Activities:

categorizing time spent on, 115–116

focusing on outcomes instead of, 111–114

peripheral, 120–122

Age, self-definition and, 144

Agenda, preparing, 107–109

Airbnb, 50

Alignment/escalation meetings, 114, 115

Always imagine the worst-case scenario (Principle 9), 37–40

Always memorize the first three sentences of a presentation (Principle 17), 65–67

Always prepare an agenda before ...

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