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title: 5 Tips for Being Productive, Not Busy
description: I’m a calendar junky. There, I said it. I believed that in order to feel accomplished and important, I needed to fill my calendar, every day, every moment. I filled it with meetings, calls, appointments, lunch dates, product reviews, sales pitches, networking meetings, board meetings.
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# [5 Tips for Being Productive, Not Busy](https://blog.mandu.pe/simple-blog/5-tips-for-being-productive-not-busy)

 Written by [SHRM](https://blog.mandu.pe/simple-blog/author/shrm) | Feb 26, 2019 3:03:38 PM

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