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A non-Essentialist approaches every trade-off by asking, How can I do both? Essentialists ask the tougher but ultimately more liberating question, Which problem do I want? An Essentialist makes trade-offs deliberately. She acts for herself rather than waiting to be acted upon. As economist Thomas Sowell wrote: There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.

Greg McKeown

A non-Essentialist approaches every trade-off by asking, How can I do both? Essentialists ask the tougher but ultimately more liberating question, Which problem do I want? An Essentialist makes trade-offs deliberately. She acts for herself rather than waiting to be acted upon. As economist Thomas Sowell wrote: There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.

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