When making decisions, deciding to cut options can be terrifying – but the truth is, it is the very essence of decision making.
Essentialism is not abotu how to get more things done; it's about how to get the right things done. It doesn't mean just doing less for the sake of less either. It is about making the wisest possible...
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Anytime you fail to say no to a nonessential, you are really saying yes by default.
What if schools eliminated busywork and replaced it with important projects that made a difference to the whole community? What if all students had time to think about their highest contribution to th...
The overwhelming reality is: we live in a world where almost everything is worthless and a very few things are exceptionally valuable. As John Maxwell has written, You cannot overestimate the unimport...
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, The crime which bankrupts men and states is that of job-work; – declining from your main design to serve a turn here or there.
Ask three questions: What am I deeply passionate about? and What taps my talent? and What meets a significant need in the world? Naturally
The point is to say no to the nonessentials so we can say yes to the things that really matter. It is to say no—frequently and gracefully—to everything but what is truly vital.
In the first pattern, the team becomes overly focused on winning the attention of the manager. The problem is, when people don’t know what the end game is, they are unclear about how to win, and as a...
Obviamente, a nadie le gusta sentirse aburrido. Pero, al abolir cualquier oportunidad de sentirnos aburridos, también hemos perdido el tiempo que solíamos tener para pensar y procesar.
We can either make the hard choices for ourselves or allow others – whether our colleagues, our boss, or our customers – to decide for us.
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The endowment effect, our tendency to undervalue things that aren’t ours and to overvalue things because we already own them.
Put another way, success can distract us from focusing on the essential things that produce success in the first place.
I took a single sheet of paper from someone’s desk and sat in the lobby and attempted to answer the question: If you could do only one thing with your life right now, what would you do?
When I need a reminder of this I think of a story. It is about a man whose three-year-old daughter died. In his grief he put together a video of her short little life. But as he went through all of hi...
The best surgeon is not the one who makes the most incisions;
O’Brien explica: Creo que es vital disponer tiempo para tomar un respiro, mirar alrededor y pensar. Necesitas ese nivel de claridad para innovar y crecer. Además,
Our investment philosophy borders on lethargy.