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How to deal with a reading pile

How to deal with a reading pile

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How to deal with a reading pile

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- Processing is the act of going through each item in your inbox and deciding what you're going to do with it. Occasionally, I'll have viewers report that they run into a conflict when it comes to processing their reading material. By reading material I'm talking about news related to your industry, books, even links to articles or a video someone suggested you watch. Many people find themselves overwhelmed with how much reading material ends up in their various gathering points during the week. Because reading is rarely considered urgent, it gets neglected and pushed off even though it has value. What I teach people to do in my time management courses is to schedule time for reading. Putting it on your calendar to read specific material is the ideal action to take. So, if you have material that's important, you simply open up your calendar and schedule time to read it and digest it. While that's the ideal course of action,…

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