Essentialism – the disciplened pursuit of less – Greg McKeown

🚀 Knjiga v 3 stavkih

1. Manj, a bolje
2. Fokusiraj se le na esencialne stvari, pšrioriteto (in ne prioritete)
3. Daj si čas za razmislek, če je to, kar delaš esencialno.

☘️ Kako me je ta knjiga spremenila

📒 Obnova in povzetek & Citati in ideje ter uporabljivi koraki

Vednbo izberi le najpomemnejše stvari, ne moreš vsega narediti vsega lahko pa karkoli, če se temu 100% posvetiš. Nehaj razmišljati, da lahko delaš vse, nehaj multitaskat, saj ne deluje. Tudi če nekaj delaš že dolgo se vprašaj. “Koliko bi se za to potrudil, če ne bi bil že vključen”. Limitiraj kaj delaš in ne zapravljaj časa na nepomembnostih. Prav tako si dej nek buffer, da ne pride do overwelmanosti. Sledi rutini in opazuj napredek, od njega vleči motivacijo.

📒 Citati:

Sunk-cost bias is the tendency to continue to invest time, money, or energy into something we know is a losing proposition simply because we have already incurred, or sunk, a cost that can- not be recouped. But of course this can easily become a vicious cycle: the more we invest, the more determined we become to see it through and see our investment pay off. The more we invest in something, the harder it is to let go.

Book of Mormon, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius; and the Upanishads. There are a myriad of options. Just make sure you select something that was written before our hyper connected era and yet seems timeless. Such writings can challenge our assumptions about what really matters. Whether you can invest two hours a day, two weeks a year, or even just five minutes every morning, it is important to make space to escape in your busy life.

REMIND YOURSELF THAT EVERYONE IS SELLING SOMETHING

This doesn’t mean you have to be cynical about people. I don’t mean to imply people shouldn’t be trusted. I am simply saying everyone is selling something an idea, a viewpoint, an opinion in ex- change for your time. Simply being aware of what is being sold al- lows us to be more deliberate in deciding whether we want to buy it

My preference is for inspirational literature: Zen, the Reason of Unreason: The Wisdom of Confucius, the Torah; the Holy Bible; Tao, to Know and Not Be Knowing, Meaning of the Glorious Koran: An Explanatory Translation, As Man Thinketh, The Essential Gandhi, Walden, or, Life in the Was.

In order to have focus we need to escape to focus.

Imagine a four-burner stove,” she instructs the members of the party. “One burner represents your family, one is your friends, the third is your health, and the fourth is your work. In order to be successful you have to cut off one of your burners. And in order to be really successful you have to cut off two.”