break. Many people have developed the habit of spending
most of their time on low-value/no-value activities and then
are quite astonished when they are laid off from their jobs or
passed over for promotion.
The key to good time management is for you to set prior-
ities and to always be working on what is both urgent and
important—that is, your most pressing and important tasks.
Once you are caught up with your tasks that are urgent and
important, you immediately start work on those tasks that
are important but not urgent at the moment. The tasks that
are important but not urgent are usually those tasks and
activities that can contribute to your career in a meaningful
way in the long term.
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