essentialism
eliminating the non-essentials isn’t just about mental discipline. It’s about the emotional discipline necessary to say no to social pressure.
from Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
by baja · updated 2mo ago
essentialism
eliminating the non-essentials isn’t just about mental discipline. It’s about the emotional discipline necessary to say no to social pressure.
from Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
by baja · updated 2mo ago
Sometimes what you don’t do is just as important as what you do.”
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What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance?
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One important insight into how and why we forget our ability to choose comes out of the classic work of Martin Seligman and Steve Maier, who stumbled onto what they later called “learned helplessness” while conducting experiments on German shepherds.
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His observation was that you could massively improve the quality of a product by resolving a tiny fraction of the problems.
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Today, technology has lowered the barrier for others to share their opinion about what we should be focusing on. It is not just information overload; it is opinion overload.
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Essentialism is a disciplined, systematic approach for determining where our highest point of contribution lies, then making execution of those things almost effortless.
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To become an Essentialist requires a heightened awareness of our ability to choose. We need to recognise it as an invincible power within us, existing separate and distinct from any other thing, person, or force.
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