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Interpersonal troubles are caused by intruding on other people’s task or having one’s own tasks intruded on. – Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to be Disliked

Our main business is to find our purpose here, serve the world and stay true to ourselves. Our inability to mind our business is at the root of our unhappiness and anxiety. We doom scroll on social media, watch and listen to negative news all day, set unattainable expectations for others, and try to shield others from taking responsibility for their actions. When you mind your business, you put your priorities right, guard your time like it is your life, and focus on what matters. As Chinese inventor and author Lin Yutang wrote in The Importance Of Living,  “Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”