2025-12-11
Eliminate the Zero-Value Activities
Tracy's 'E' in ABCDE stands for eliminate: tasks that made sense once, or never did, and now merely consume time out of habit.
Ask of each recurring activity: what would happen if I simply stopped? Often the honest answer is 'nothing,' which is your permission to quit it.
Every zero-value task you kill returns time and attention to the frogs that actually matter.