The digital age makes it harder for us to really get away from our exes.

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The resulting fatigue makes it harder for us to distinguish tasks that are truly important from those that simply feel urgent.

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What is it about friends that makes us work out a little harder?

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It makes us better by forcing us to work harder.

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Of course it makes our job harder because the standard of execution that applies to us is very, very high.

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