If you could have one extra hour in your day, what would you do with it?
Empty your todo list?
Spend more time with family/friends?
Have some alone time (e.g. on a hobby, meditation, …)?
Join another meeting?
Do strategic planning?
Something entirely different?
Whatever it is in your case, a great question to ask is whether one of the hours on your current schedule would be better spent re-purposed to that cause.
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