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Five Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012

Harvard Business Review

The distance, though, helped me hone in on what's actually important to my professional career — and which make-work activities merely provide the illusion of progress. Early in my career, I was thrilled to win a five-year, quarter-million dollar contract. Responding Like a Trained Monkey. Not so much. Work That's Not Worth It.

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