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Podcast: Done! No. 642 - How to counteract the "mere urgency effect"
Datum: 2025-06-09 08:45
Do you sometimes attend to the urgent, quick tasks first before tackling the bigger, more important ones? Many people do – so many that the effect has a name.
This week’s episode of Done! is about what you can do to help yourself prioritize the most important things first, despite everything.
Here’s the study I mention at the beginning of the episode.
Do you have any other ways to make important tasks seem urgent? Let me know!
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