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We hope everyone's having a Rad weekend. This week I wrote about meta-work, a sneaky form of procrastination.

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Why you’re always busy (with nothing to show for)

I’ve got a confession.

I write tasks on my to-do list just to check them off.

And I know you do that too.

Now there’s nothing wrong with a little momentum to put some wind in your sails. After all, Honest Abe wisely proclaimed:

But what’s really happening is meta-work.

Low-value you work that doesn’t move you any closer to your goals.

And it comes in many flavors.

Here are this week's top reads:

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Why you'll probably never run out of money

10 minutes | Mr. Money Mustache
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There’s a running joke on Wall Street about the best time to quit:

For anyone looking to walk away from a high-earning job, the fear of going broke is real. (I’ve seen it viscerally experienced by folks with 9-figures in their bank account.) No one wants to run out of money, but is this an instance of our lizard brains running amok?

→ Read the post​

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The difference between busy and non-busy people

15 minutes | becoming minimalist
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“So busy” has become the new answer to the question “how are you?” It’s our default state. But is being busy improving our lives? Contrary to popular belief, busyness is also not inevitable — what questions do unbusy people ask themselves? What do they understand? Their purpose, how to say no to things, that they have choices, and the importance of rest.

→ Read the post​

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How to buy a $20mm business with no money (or experience)

9 minutes | LinkedIn
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Products are worth nothing without their packaging, and no one knows that better than Sarah Moore. In her twenties and with basically no work experience, she founded Eggcartons using all debt, after hiring 50 interns to look through 400,000+ prospective businesses to buy.

→ Read the post​

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Book review: Four thousand weeks

5 minutes | Sasha Chapin
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During my 20+ year obsession with productivity, one thing’s become crystal clear: you will never, ever be able to cross off all the tasks off your to-do list. Is that a reason to despair? Or incredibly liberating? Oliver Burkeman argues the latter in his book Four Thousand Weeks (which has quickly become an absolute favorite for RadReaders). No time to read another business book? Here’s a review with a twist.

→ Read the post​

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Why so many children of immigrants rise to the top

4 minutes | New York Times
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Contrary to some of the toxic anti-immigrant rhetoric, children of immigrants are quite good at moving up the economic ladder. The argument that immigrants are stealing native-born Americans’ jobs is simply outdated: there is little competition for the jobs that less skilled immigrants are taking, and, in most cases, highly-skilled immigrants actually create more jobs for native born Americans (by starting businesses or inventing things).

→ Read the article​

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Below the Fold

ICYMI

• ​The 20 minute productivity plan (RadReads YouTube)

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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​The hidden wisdom of epic meltdowns (Twitter, 529 clicks)
• ​Burnout guide: symptoms, causes, and preventions (Commoncog, 265 clicks)

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And finally, Kendrick brings a security guard to tears during his tour.

With gratitude,

Khe

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