Hands up if you have a to-do list.
Keep your hands up if, at the end of the day, your to-do list feels like it hasn’t got any shorter.
There are quite a few people who have still got their hands up, I can tell.
Continue to keep your hand up if this gets you frustrated.
I know I’ve still got my hand up.
The reason for that?
We’re programmed to get stuff done and when we haven’t got everything done we consider that a failure.
It’s really not a failure and it’s a change in mindset that needs to happen to get rid of this feeling, not a change in the list of to-dos, and here’s why …
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