One of the problems that exacerbates procrastination is the feeling that you have lots of different things to … - James Surowiecki

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Young women who I think do the best job of balancing family life and a big career start businesses or work for themselves. That's the best way of being in charge of your life.

James Surowiecki

One of the problems that exacerbates procrastination is the feeling that you have lots of different things to do and no clear sense of which matter more, when they should be done, etc.

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There does seem to be some evidence that as people get older, they procrastinate less, perhaps because they feel the pressure of time more.

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The value of a currency is, ultimately, what someone will give you for it - whether in food, fuel, assets, or labor. And that's always and everywhere a subjective decision.

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The problem is that groups are only smart when the people in them are as independent as possible. This is the paradox of the wisdom of crowds.

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Political risk is hard to manage because so much comes down to the personal choices of policymakers, whether prime ministers or heads of central banks.

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Addictive behavior is kind of the inverse of procrastination: procrastination is about not being able to do what you want to do, addiction about not being able to not do what you don't want to do (drink, use drugs, etc. )

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