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Declutter tip: How to overcome procrastination

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Isolate the thing on your to-do list you dread most, then do it. It's called "eating your frog," and it's what workplace efficiency experts do when they want to get ahead. The idea comes courtesy of Mark Twain, who said: "Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day." Just getting it over with gives you more time for the things you enjoy.

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