Salute, fans of fucking up someone else's account, Imagine that your life and career is a closet.
Then the things that are stored there are a list of daily tasks and responsibilities.
If you're like most people, you probably have a lot of stuff in your closet.
You'll never wear this jacket, you left a few pairs of old trousers for walking in the woods (do you really go mushroom picking so often?), and you keep that hat out of sentimentality.
Isn't it time to do a general cleaning?
Get out of your closet and out of your life everything you don't need.
A few tips from Greg McKeon's Essentialism book will help.
What is essentialism?
The path of the essentialist teaches us to see what is really important, that is, to consider all existing options and choose only the most valuable ones.
And remember: sometimes what you don't do is just as important as what you do.
Essentialism: 7 rules that will make life better
So, to the point!
1. Never forget the freedom of choice.
Have you ever wondered if you don't like your job?
Or maybe you are in your third year of law school, even though you have long realized that you are not interested in law?
Ask yourself a question:
"Can I change something?".
Answer:
definitely.
Remember, you always have the right to choose.
Once you realize this, you can proceed to the next step.
2. Set clear goals.
Approximately and approximately are far from the same thing as clearly and clearly.
A firm's vague mission statement can hurt your workflow more than you think.
This causes disorientation in the team: no one knows what exactly he is doing or why. Employees spend too much effort on minor tasks, forgetting about the main thing.
The same thing happens to everyone.
Try to be clear about what you want to achieve in your career and personal life.
It depends on how you will act.
Once you realize your true desires and values, you will stop being distracted by what you don't need at all.
3. Be the editor of your life.
Italian sculptor Michelangelo Buonarotti said:
"I take a rock and cut off all the excess."
This is exactly what you should do with your life.
Another interesting comparison:
Imagine that your life is an article in a magazine, and you are the editor-in-chief.
Do you know what the editor will do with anything unnecessary, unimportant, meaningless, or distracting? That's right — it will cross it out.
You may have dozens of prospects, but don't jump at all the odds.
Choose one — the one that you are really willing to devote yourself to.
If you go back to our closet, admit that you can get rid of 90% of the junk without much damage.
4. Refuse to commit.
Have you ever gambled and after spending a significant amount of money, you couldn't say "stop"to yourself?
The point is non-refundable costs.
It is difficult for most people to give up what they have already invested money, effort and time in.
But is it worth persevering and making even more effort if it is obvious that the project is hopeless?
Of course not.
Do not fall into this trap, learn to abandon your commitments in time.
Another trap is the possession effect.
When we are engaged in a project, we perceive it as our own property, which means that we value it much higher than it really is.
Always ask yourself:
"If this task didn't belong to me, what would I be willing to do to get it?"
This way you will see the true value of the case and will be able to abandon it if the game is not worth the candle.
5. Say an emphatic "no"
Have you ever answered "yes" to requests from colleagues, friends, or relatives in spite of yourself?
If this has never happened to you, you are an exception.
As a rule, we are afraid to offend someone, shy in front of the boss, and try not to disappoint people.
But this leads to the fact that we miss something more important: our own life.
We need to be courageous and learn to say no.
If you were going to devote the weekend to your family, you should not agree to the offer of the boss to work on Saturday.
If you were planning to write the first chapter of your book, avoid meeting people you know. You may experience a moment of embarrassment when you say no.
But it's only a minute.
You don't want to waste an evening, a few days, or even a year of your life solving other people's problems, do you?
6. Use the 90% rule.
This rule should be applied in any choice situation.
When evaluating an option, think about the most important criterion and give it points from 0 to 100. If one of the options gets a score below 90, forget about it.
This way you will get rid of doubts and immediately discard unnecessary alternatives with ratings from 60 to 70. Choose not good opportunities, but excellent ones.
How many items in your wardrobe would you rate at 90 points or higher?
It's time for the rest of us to go to the dump.
7. Find a place to think.
At the Stanford School of Design, there is a secret hideout — "booth noir".
This is a tiny room with no windows or distracting objects, and the walls are covered with sound-absorbing material.
Any student can come there to be alone and reflect.
Try to find a place like this, where you can get some privacy and think calmly.
There, you will fully focus on the problem, analyze all the alternatives, identify the most significant ones, and make an important decision.
Essentialists prefer to do less today to do much more tomorrow.
Yes, this is a concession.
But in total, these small concessions lead to huge success.
Then the things that are stored there are a list of daily tasks and responsibilities.
If you're like most people, you probably have a lot of stuff in your closet.
You'll never wear this jacket, you left a few pairs of old trousers for walking in the woods (do you really go mushroom picking so often?), and you keep that hat out of sentimentality.
Isn't it time to do a general cleaning?
Get out of your closet and out of your life everything you don't need.
A few tips from Greg McKeon's Essentialism book will help.
What is essentialism?
The path of the essentialist teaches us to see what is really important, that is, to consider all existing options and choose only the most valuable ones.
And remember: sometimes what you don't do is just as important as what you do.
Essentialism: 7 rules that will make life better
So, to the point!
1. Never forget the freedom of choice.
Have you ever wondered if you don't like your job?
Or maybe you are in your third year of law school, even though you have long realized that you are not interested in law?
Ask yourself a question:
"Can I change something?".
Answer:
definitely.
Remember, you always have the right to choose.
Once you realize this, you can proceed to the next step.
2. Set clear goals.
Approximately and approximately are far from the same thing as clearly and clearly.
A firm's vague mission statement can hurt your workflow more than you think.
This causes disorientation in the team: no one knows what exactly he is doing or why. Employees spend too much effort on minor tasks, forgetting about the main thing.
The same thing happens to everyone.
Try to be clear about what you want to achieve in your career and personal life.
It depends on how you will act.
Once you realize your true desires and values, you will stop being distracted by what you don't need at all.
3. Be the editor of your life.
Italian sculptor Michelangelo Buonarotti said:
"I take a rock and cut off all the excess."
This is exactly what you should do with your life.
Another interesting comparison:
Imagine that your life is an article in a magazine, and you are the editor-in-chief.
Do you know what the editor will do with anything unnecessary, unimportant, meaningless, or distracting? That's right — it will cross it out.
You may have dozens of prospects, but don't jump at all the odds.
Choose one — the one that you are really willing to devote yourself to.
If you go back to our closet, admit that you can get rid of 90% of the junk without much damage.
4. Refuse to commit.
Have you ever gambled and after spending a significant amount of money, you couldn't say "stop"to yourself?
The point is non-refundable costs.
It is difficult for most people to give up what they have already invested money, effort and time in.
But is it worth persevering and making even more effort if it is obvious that the project is hopeless?
Of course not.
Do not fall into this trap, learn to abandon your commitments in time.
Another trap is the possession effect.
When we are engaged in a project, we perceive it as our own property, which means that we value it much higher than it really is.
Always ask yourself:
"If this task didn't belong to me, what would I be willing to do to get it?"
This way you will see the true value of the case and will be able to abandon it if the game is not worth the candle.
5. Say an emphatic "no"
Have you ever answered "yes" to requests from colleagues, friends, or relatives in spite of yourself?
If this has never happened to you, you are an exception.
As a rule, we are afraid to offend someone, shy in front of the boss, and try not to disappoint people.
But this leads to the fact that we miss something more important: our own life.
We need to be courageous and learn to say no.
If you were going to devote the weekend to your family, you should not agree to the offer of the boss to work on Saturday.
If you were planning to write the first chapter of your book, avoid meeting people you know. You may experience a moment of embarrassment when you say no.
But it's only a minute.
You don't want to waste an evening, a few days, or even a year of your life solving other people's problems, do you?
6. Use the 90% rule.
This rule should be applied in any choice situation.
When evaluating an option, think about the most important criterion and give it points from 0 to 100. If one of the options gets a score below 90, forget about it.
This way you will get rid of doubts and immediately discard unnecessary alternatives with ratings from 60 to 70. Choose not good opportunities, but excellent ones.
How many items in your wardrobe would you rate at 90 points or higher?
It's time for the rest of us to go to the dump.
7. Find a place to think.
At the Stanford School of Design, there is a secret hideout — "booth noir".
This is a tiny room with no windows or distracting objects, and the walls are covered with sound-absorbing material.
Any student can come there to be alone and reflect.
Try to find a place like this, where you can get some privacy and think calmly.
There, you will fully focus on the problem, analyze all the alternatives, identify the most significant ones, and make an important decision.
Essentialists prefer to do less today to do much more tomorrow.
Yes, this is a concession.
But in total, these small concessions lead to huge success.
