Key points

Too much rushing around tires you out, both mentally and physically.

Specific business tactics can protect your time and your mindset.

Not hurrying important decisions leads to better outcomes.

For more than a decade, I managed the national advertising program for a large life insurance company. During that time, I had an odd secret desire. I wanted to manage national advertising for a coffee company.

Multitasking is a common source of business stress. Source: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels

Why? Because I had already made up the tagline for my imaginary campaign: "The fuel of business."

The corporation I worked for (in real life, not my imagination ) had a huge headquarters with an excellent cafeteria, with its main attraction being a vast row of gleaming silver coffee

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