Pick One Thing - Michael Karnjanaprakorn
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Pick One Thing - Michael Karnjanaprakorn
An entrepreneur cannot “diversify” herself: you cannot run dozens of companies at the same time and then hope that one of them works out well. Less obvious but just as important, an individual cannot diversify his own life by keeping dozens of equally possible careers in ready reserve.
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Makes one decision that eliminates one thousand later decisions
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
1. Don’t spread your willpower too thin. On any given day, you have a limited supply of willpower, so decide what matters and reserve your willpower for it.
Gary Keller • The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results: Achieve your goals with one of the world's bestselling success books
This is something I now notice whenever I read biographies of people who have done exceptional work: they lived narrow lives. They allowed themselves to care about less than others do.