OK, get ready for the single most life-changing productivity rule I’ve ever used (and believe me, I’ve tried a lot). Ready?

Do one task, to completion, before moving on to the next.

Skeptical? Dubious? Unconvinced? I know I was. That’s too simplistic, I thought, when I first came across this particular piece of advice over 10 years ago while reading my beloved Ben Franklin’s Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice (fact: The trusty tome has been with me for over 14 years and seven cross-country moves).

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