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Last week I published a piece about oversized to-do lists and their adverse effects on productivity. Today, I want to explore why we burden ourselves with an overwhelming number of tasks in the first place.   First, the evidence suggests that human beings are biologically programmed to add. In his book, Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less, University …

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One of the bigger problems facing the modern workplace is a spate of competing priorities. Public and private employers alike have dreamed up so many ideas, plans, and initiatives that workers simply cannot juggle assignments as they come in from the boss. This is having disastrous consequences with respect to productivity.   For instance, internal …

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