Living Better
You have to begin.
Go, do it badly at first,
with sweaty palms
and shaking limbs
and gaps in what you know.
You have to start,
and perhaps you won’t feel ready
or like you’ve fully prepared.
Perhaps you’ll feel too late, too small, too scared.
But it’s okay that you did not appear on earth
with all the skills and information.
It’s okay that there are things
... See moreThe way of the Essentialist is the relentless pursuit of less but better. It doesn’t mean occasionally giving a nod to the principle. It means pursuing it in a disciplined way.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Essentialists spend as much time as possible exploring, listening, debating, questioning, and thinking.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Essentialists accept the reality that we can never fully anticipate or prepare for every scenario or eventuality; the future is simply too unpredictable. Instead, they build in buffers to reduce the friction caused by the unexpected.