If you want to be productive, the first question you need to ask yourself is: Who do I want to be? Another question is: Where do I want to go?

Chances are that the answers to these questions represent growth in some direction. And while you can’t spend all your time pursuing those objectives, you definitely won’t get there if you don’t spend any of your time pursuing them.

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