Long-term success is the product of making more balanced decisions on a momentary basis
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"Asymmetric opportunities:
Invest in startups
Start a company
Create a book, podcast, video
Create a (software) product
Go on many first dates
Go to a cocktail party
Read a Lindy book
Move to a big city
Buy Bitcoin
Tweet."
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Invest in startups
Start a company
Create a book, podcast, video
Create a (software) product
Go on many first dates
Go to a cocktail party
Read a Lindy book
Move to a big city
Buy Bitcoin
Tweet."
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"Don’t do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You’ll always know."
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown
Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin?
Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized?
Are you often busy but not productive?
Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s agendas?
If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the EssentialistThe Way of the Essentialist isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done. It is not a time management strategy, or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter.
Essentialism is not one more thing – it’s a whole new way of doing everything. A must-read for any leader, manager, or individual who wants to learn who to do less, but better, in every area of their lives, Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.
Greg McKeown
Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin?
Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized?
Are you often busy but not productive?
Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s agendas?
If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the EssentialistThe Way of the Essentialist isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done. It is not a time management strategy, or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter.
Essentialism is not one more thing – it’s a whole new way of doing everything. A must-read for any leader, manager, or individual who wants to learn who to do less, but better, in every area of their lives, Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.
1. What essentialism is (and what it isn’t)
It is about applying the principles of ‘less but better’ to how we live our lives now and in the future.
Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done.
Here are some lessons:
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It is about applying the principles of ‘less but better’ to how we live our lives now and in the future.
Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done.
Here are some lessons:
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2. Design space in your life to escape
Picasso said: “Without great solitude no serious work is possible.”
We need space to escape in order to discern the essential few from the trivial many.
In our time-starved era we don’t get that space by default—only by design.
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Picasso said: “Without great solitude no serious work is possible.”
We need space to escape in order to discern the essential few from the trivial many.
In our time-starved era we don’t get that space by default—only by design.
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3. Spend time exploring
Essentialists spend as much time as possible exploring, listening, debating, questioning, and thinking. But their exploration is not an end in itself.
The purpose of the exploration is to discern the vital few from the trivial many.
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Essentialists spend as much time as possible exploring, listening, debating, questioning, and thinking. But their exploration is not an end in itself.
The purpose of the exploration is to discern the vital few from the trivial many.
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4. Realize you have a choice
We have lost our ability to filter what is important and what isn’t.
Psychologists call this ‘decision fatigue’: the more choices we are forced to make, the more the quality of our decisions deteriorates.
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We have lost our ability to filter what is important and what isn’t.
Psychologists call this ‘decision fatigue’: the more choices we are forced to make, the more the quality of our decisions deteriorates.
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5. Define your purpose
Inspirational + Concrete = Essential Intent (1 decision that eliminates rest)
Creating an essential intent is hard. It takes courage insight and foresight to see which activities and efforts will add up to your single highest point of contribution
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Inspirational + Concrete = Essential Intent (1 decision that eliminates rest)
Creating an essential intent is hard. It takes courage insight and foresight to see which activities and efforts will add up to your single highest point of contribution
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6. Focus on the vital few
Stephen Covey Said: The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. Only in the 1900s did we pluralize the term and start talking about priorities.
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Stephen Covey Said: The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. Only in the 1900s did we pluralize the term and start talking about priorities.
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7. Move from motion sickness to momentum
Instead of making just a millimeter of progress in a million directions begin to generate tremendous momentum towards accomplishing the things that is truly vital.
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Instead of making just a millimeter of progress in a million directions begin to generate tremendous momentum towards accomplishing the things that is truly vital.
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8. Be the CEO — Chief Editing Officer
Becoming an Essentialist means:
- making cutting
- condensing
- correcting
a natural part of our daily routin
(making editing a natural cadence in our lives)
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Becoming an Essentialist means:
- making cutting
- condensing
- correcting
a natural part of our daily routin
(making editing a natural cadence in our lives)
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9. Say “NO”
Anytime you fail to say ‘no’ to a nonessential, you are really saying yes by default.
Everyone is selling something. Simply being aware of what is being sold allows us to be more deliberate in deciding whether we want to buy it.
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Anytime you fail to say ‘no’ to a nonessential, you are really saying yes by default.
Everyone is selling something. Simply being aware of what is being sold allows us to be more deliberate in deciding whether we want to buy it.
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10. Sleep
Even a brief period of deep sleep, in other words, helps us make the kinds of new connections that allow us to better explore our world.
In a nutshell, sleep is what allows us to operate at our highest level of contribution so that we can achieve more, in less time
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Even a brief period of deep sleep, in other words, helps us make the kinds of new connections that allow us to better explore our world.
In a nutshell, sleep is what allows us to operate at our highest level of contribution so that we can achieve more, in less time
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Working on a problem reduces the fear of it.
It’s hard to fear a problem when you are making progress on it—even if progress is imperfect and slow.
Action relieves anxiety.
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It’s hard to fear a problem when you are making progress on it—even if progress is imperfect and slow.
Action relieves anxiety.
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1) “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
- Seneca
2) “The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
- Seneca
3) “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
- Seneca
4) “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
- Seneca
5) “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship,
is to understand and to be understood.”
- Seneca
6) “Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more.”
- Seneca
7) "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."
- Seneca
8) “Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”
- Seneca
9) "True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. "
- Seneca
10) "Time heals what reason cannot."
- Seneca
11) "The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
- Seneca
12) "Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."
- Seneca
13) "If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him."
- Seneca
14) “It is better to conquer our grief than to deceive it.”
- Seneca
15) "As is a tale, so is life: Not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."
- Seneca
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- Seneca
2) “The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
- Seneca
3) “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
- Seneca
4) “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
- Seneca
5) “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship,
is to understand and to be understood.”
- Seneca
6) “Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more.”
- Seneca
7) "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."
- Seneca
8) “Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”
- Seneca
9) "True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. "
- Seneca
10) "Time heals what reason cannot."
- Seneca
11) "The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
- Seneca
12) "Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."
- Seneca
13) "If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him."
- Seneca
14) “It is better to conquer our grief than to deceive it.”
- Seneca
15) "As is a tale, so is life: Not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."
- Seneca
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