Introduction:The Truth About Time Management

Put away your planner. Close your calendar. Set your to-do list to the side. You might even want to take off your watch for this. I’m about to share the secret to mastering time management, and it’s probably not what you think it is.

After talking with thousands of people from all walks of life about how they spend their time, I’ve encountered many beliefs about what it means to be good at time management. Some believe that time management is about finding a way to fit more into a 24-hour day or drawing a thick line through every item on a to-do list with a sigh of relief and a feeling of accomplishment. Others think that good time management looks like doing as much as humanly possible—as if they’re ...

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