Scientists have explained that every habit is made up of a cue, a routine, and a reward. The
Thomas Sowell wrote: There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.
There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.7
So if the stigma of sleep still exists in your workplace, consider developing an initiative at work to explicitly encourage sleep. If that sounds radical, consider how the many benefits of sleep—great...
Norway also benefited enormously from windfall taxes from oil but unlike Britain, Norway invested much of its good fortune in an endowment.2 Today, this endowment has grown over time to be worth an ex...
Instead of making choices reactively, the Essentialist deliberately distinguishes the vital few from the trivial many, eliminates the non-essentials, and then removes obstacles so the essential things...
Instead of forcing execution, Essentialists invest the time they have saved into creating a system for removing obstacles and making execution as easy as possible.
In order to have focus we need to escape to focus.
I choose to, Only a few things really matter, and I can do anything but not everything.
Here’s another paradox for you: the faster and busier things get, the more we need to build thinking time into our schedule. And
FOCUS ON THE TRADE-OFF
Saying yes to any opportunity by definition requires saying no to several others.
El éxito nos puede distraer de enfocarnos en las cosas esenciales que producen éxito en primer lugar.
Choice is an action. It is not just something we have but something we do.
Yet on closer examination we can see this compulsion to do more is a smokescreen. These people don’t believe they have a choice in what opportunity, assignment, or challenge to take on. They believe t...
Winning is a natural extension.
Will this activity or effort make the highest possible contribution toward my goal? Part One of this book will help you figure out what those activities are.
WITHOUT GREAT SOLITUDE NO SERIOUS WORK IS POSSIBLE. —Pablo Picasso
The way of the Essentialist, on the other hand, is to use the good times to create a buffer for the bad. Norway
The Nonessentialist tends to always assume a best-case scenario.