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Article Description: By Scott Hanselman @ Hanselman.com - In this article Scott takes a look at "priorities", offers up a suggestion on how he keeps focused on what is are moving the ball forward to achieve his goals

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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">Business VS Busy-ness VS laziness</h1> <h2>&nbsp;</h2> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Busy-ness in the Tibetan tradition is considered the most extreme form of laziness. </strong>Because when you are busy you can turn your brain off. You&rsquo;re on the treadmill. The only&nbsp; intelligence comes in the morning when you make your To Do list and you get rid of all the possible space that could happen in your day.</span> - <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/09/dr-reggie-ray-busy-ness-is-laziness/">Elephant Journal, 2008</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: large;">"</span><span style="font-size: small;">I'm <strong>not saying you're lazy</strong> so don't get mad quite yet. I'm saying that using <strong>"I'm too busy" as an excuse</strong> or a reason <strong>to not do</strong> something <strong>important to you</strong>, then you might want to give your situation a closer look. I'm saying that sometimes we are busy with work, but not the kind of work we <strong>should </strong>be busy with.</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: large;">"</span><span style="font-size: small;">So when we say "being busy is a form of being lazy" we're saying <strong>think about what's important</strong>, and <strong>think about the work you're doing</strong>. Is it moving the ball forward? <strong>Is it moving YOUR BALL forward.</strong> The Ball that you care about?</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: large;">"</span><span style="font-size: small;">I have an hour set aside once a week that's for a meeting. <strong>The meeting is with myself. No one else comes to this meeting but me</strong>. I think about what I'm doing, where I'm going, and what I need to be working on. I use this meeting to think about the business and <em>busyness </em>of my previous week. I think about what busy work I did that was a waste of time, and try to setup myself up for success in the coming week</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: large;">"</span><span style="font-size: small;">It's easy to get caught up in the chaos of business. It's fun to play Tetris with your Outlook calendar</span>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PersonalProductivityBusinessVsBusynessVsLaziness.aspx" rel="bookmark" target="_blank">Personal Productivity: Business vs. busyness vs. laziness</a></li> </ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2014-07-14</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h1>