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Oct 2020
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How Much White Space Do You Have?

Daily Stoic | Wondery
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"Most of us internalize the wrong lesson. We think success = busy. We think that being busy is a sign of a good leader, an important person.  Of course this is not true. A full calendar is the sign of someone who agrees to a lot of things, no more, no less." Ryan describes why we must not keep ourselves overly busy, or view a lack of free time as a virtue, ... Show More
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