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By Eric Barker
Barker is the author of Barking Up The Wrong Tree
No, you won’t do better work by procrastinating. And you will not have more time next week. In fact, leaving things unfinished makes you stupid. Here’s what works:
This piece originally appeared on Barking Up the Wrong Tree.
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