❍ A PRACTICE: PURGE YOUR INBOX, MAILBOX, AND/OR BOOKSHELF Make an appointment with your email inbox or, if it makes more sense, with your work desk, your bookshelf, your calendar, or your social accounts. Your job is to pay attention without judgment. Resist the urge to draw a conclusion at first. Just let yourself notice and be curious about the story these things are telling you. These gurus, teachers, and mentors may have wonderful things to teach you. The assignment is not to get rid of them. Not yet. Instead, the assignment is to discern if now is the time for them. It might be helpful to
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