Value-Simplicity

Poet Sylvia Plath on the courage to close doors:

“I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go b... See more

Most people are too loyal to their distractions to ever meet their destiny.

The courage isn't in taking on more, it's in cutting off everything that doesn't feed your goal.

Focus requires subtraction.

Good decisions are calculations based on what you know right now. If the world turns out differently than the data you had indicated, that’s not a bad decision.

A bad decision is one that isn’t based on available facts. It falls into traps like sunk costs or peer pressure. A bad decision is an error in judgment or skill. Good decision makers, when f... See more

Buy time, not status.

When your priorities are clear, every 'no' becomes a step toward what matters.

1 Question For You

Your environment whispers suggestions all day long—eat this, click that, sit here. Look around you right now. What small change could you make to your surroundings that would steer you toward good habits and away from distractions?

When you know what you want, most choices eliminate themselves.

“ One reason the best in the world make consistently good decisions is they rarely find themselves forced into a decision by circumstances. ”

Focused people eliminate options, not accumulate them.

Warren Buffett exemplifies this – he’s made his fortune by carefully selecting a few investments and sticking with them for decades, ignoring thousands of other opportunities.

Without focus, everything becomes a distraction.