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Dividends Aren't What You Think They Are
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Dividends Aren't What You Think They Are

Brad Barrett
By Brad Barrett · · 9 min read
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Five-Minute Win

This week's Five-Minute Win: Get one thing out of your head.

One phone call you need to make. One idea you don't want to forget. One errand. One book recommendation. One reminder.

I've used the Getting Things Done philosophy and the Todoist app for years, and I honestly can't imagine living without it. Almost nothing stays in my head anymore. If I think of something while I'm driving, walking, or lying in bed, it goes into Todoist and I trust that I'll see it again when the time is right.

Getting everything out of my head frees up an astonishing amount of mental space for actually thinking.


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