Here’s my daily dilemma: how do I get the 48 tasks I need to accomplish done in the 15 hours that I have? It’s a bad math equation that never comes out right. The problem, I think, is that I categorize everything as “urgent” when it really isn’t. That’s what Stephen Covey says in his bestseller “The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People.” The third habit of highly successful people? Put first things first. Here’s how.

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