One of the things I find more and more of is that people are having a hard time figuring out what it is that they really need to do and what can be left aside. In other words, how to figure out what is effectiveness, what is efficiency, but it is really mostly about finding out what is ESSENTIAL- is it not?
I loved the title of this book "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less",Greg Mckeown,Crown Business/Imprint of Crown Publishing Group. In our age of too much information, too much to do and too little time to do it in, there is this message which says, "make more by doing less", give yourself a life instead of being just a "do-er". People who are feeling stretched too thin, finding themselves saying "yes" where they really should be saying "no", seeing that their "To- Do Lists" keep moving from one day to the next…it is these people (and are we not all of us at least a little bit like this?) that need this message urgently!
However, I don't think it just goes like that, you read a book, get this cool buzzword, "less is more" and then life gets back in stride, no, I don't think it goes that way, unfortunately. The "essentialist process" is one of constant focusing, asking what is really important, remembering to honor the essential balance of life even when others want your time and energy. It starts with a commitment to oneself that life is going to be managed according to principles and priorities, without become robotic and feeling-less- that is what I find in this word "essentialist"… I like it!
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