focus
If you want an average, successful life, it doesn’t take much planning. Just stay out of trouble, go to school, and apply for jobs you might like. But if you want something extraordinary, you have two paths: 1) Become the best at one specific thing. 2) Become very good (top 25%) at two or more things.
Ferriss, Timothy • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
“What focus means is saying ‘No’ to something that you—with every bone in your body—you think is a phenomenal idea. And you wake up thinking about it. But you say ‘No’ to it, because you’re focusing on something else.”
Quote by: Sir Jony Ive, discussing Steve Jobs .
Jonathan Yagel • 1, #102 - A hard 'No'
Little steps add up to something amazing in the long run.
Source: Share Like An Artist by Austin Kleon.
Many tools and ideas here for analyzing my own well-being, identifying adjustments I could make to my life, and moving toward a more joy-filled life.
“This is the optionality mindset in action: the belief that the future belongs to the generalist, the jack-of-all-trades, the eternal dabbler. But it’s a lie. The future doesn’t belong to the generalist. It belongs to the obsessed.“
