LIE #1--I WORK 8 HOURS A DAY:

Lie #1: My Day's Full of Activity, So I Must Be Super Productive

These days, there's no shortage of digital time-fillers that can make you feel productive. You can easily spend all day emailing, tweeting, searching, instant messaging, texting, and whatever else it takes to stay in the online loop. But while your fingers are busy typing and your eyes busy reading, all you're really doing is getting hits of information--over and over again--instead of working toward a goal.

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