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Today's tip is about one way to think of productivity strategies.

They are designed to aid your life, like a high-end

butler might do. The goal is freeing you up, to focus on work you choose, and on enjoying

your life. Today's tip, like some others this week, comes from Chris Bailey's new book, How to Calm Your Mind,

finding presence and productivity in anxious times.

While much of Chris's book is focused on reducing anxiety, so you can get more done. He had some great thoughts

on productivity strategies, which I thought I'd share. Chris suggests doing this thought

experiment. Imagine, he writes, that you have won some one-in-a-million contest through a high-end house cleaning service that provides you with a full-time butler for life.

Chris suggests that this butler's name is Kingsley. The man provides you with more free time every day, by cleaning up after you and your family,

cooking meals, managing your calendar, which he calls your diary, chauffering you around town and

more. While Kingsley himself might be a pipe dream, the best productivity tactics and

strategies can confer similar benefits.

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