To Boost Your Productivity, Embrace the ‘Hard Stop’

Quit letting innocent-looking tasks keep you from doing the work that matters

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One reason why mountaineering can be so dangerous is because of the sunk-cost fallacy: The idea that just because you’ve invested time and effort in something, that’s reason enough to stick with it. Once you’ve traveled a long distance, it’s easy…