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Today's tip is to not lose those minutes right before a phone call or meeting.

These minutes are incredibly easy to waste. But with a little thought, they don't need to be spent

on things that don't matter. I know many people are working from home at least occasionally

these days and work from home days can wind up with various virtual meetings scattered all over

the calendar. You don't need to go anywhere so you don't need to stop what you're doing too long

before the meeting. But you do need to stop other things at some point in order to start promptly.

So in my case, an 11 o'clock call on the calendar means that by 1055 I have stopped doing much of

note. I pull up the link and then fiddle around until it is the right time to click in.

Now to be sure this isn't a ton of fiddling, wasting three or four minutes a few times a day.

Is not going to be the difference between a well-lived life and one that is squandered.

Still, I do believe that even mere minutes are worth honoring by using them well.

That doesn't mean doing more stuff just to do more stuff. It means recognizing that small bits of

time can allow for good habits that over time add up. For instance, I have been trying to do

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