22 tips for 2022: If you want to succeed, choose your failures — in advance

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If you feel like you’re always running behind on your task list and can never quite get enough done, it’s probably because you’ve got too much to do. Try strategic underachievement.

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If you feel like you’re always running behind on your task list and can never quite get enough done, it’s probably because you’ve got too much to do. Try strategic underachievement.