Square dance "Waiting"

Sounds cool, doesn't it? Although I feel thinner than most people (when the university changed campuses, I had so few things that even the boys who helped move things were surprised. There are six people here, and I only have four big bags. "ah? No more! " )。 But "essentialism" is an ideal state, and as a believer in it, I can only keep approaching. Next, I would like to recommend a book by Greg McKeown, a master of essentialism.

Essentialism is divided into three steps

Essentialists have a knowledge that most things are not important in life. Life is limited, try to do important things only during the peak period of energy (morning, youth, etc.). For example, people who get up early and do trivial things will not make a profit. Most elites get up early, but the opposite is not true. Don't forget, in addition to the elite, there is also a square dance aunt.

So, what is really important to yourself?

What is important is what conforms to personal values and life ideals.

Rejecting other people's demands will bring respect; Rejecting one's desires will bring freedom. Rejection represents a kind of self-discipline and a kind of freedom of choice. From blind pursuit of more to self-discipline pursuit of less: by selectively accepting tasks, we can win space for ourselves and then find the freedom of creation. For example, for me, in order to have enough energy to do what I think is important, the things I have to refuse are:

Among the numerous thinking fallacies listed in The Art of Sober Thinking, one is the "action fallacy". The fallacy of action is that it is better to take action than to wait. There is an old saying in China that "go with the flow". Charles Munger, the author of Poor Charlie's Collection, said, "The least fear in investment is loneliness, having nothing to do, just waiting for the best opportunity, and waiting is also an investment."

Refusing to be too busy is similar to hugging less, doing nothing and doing your best. If you want to make a decision of taking one as ten, you must have the courage to refuse nine.

We all know the power of a little focusing: mild sunlight can reach the ignition point of paper through a little focusing through a concave lens; Taekwondo players focus on one thing and can split the stone in half with their palms. However, if you want to get rid of the interference in life, it is too difficult to concentrate. We can only try our best to do it ourselves.

Don't hesitate every day, just like getting up, brushing your teeth and washing your face. Don't think, do it mechanically. "The power of habit" says that even a person with a brain injury will do it unconsciously. Making decisions consumes the most energy. If you can save it, you will have enough energy and willpower to solve problems.

Many tangled patients, serious perfectionists, spend their energy on repeated back and forth trade-offs. Essentialism gives a solution: if the answer is not yes, it is no, and "logical thinking" says that those who achieve great things are not entangled. Do it if you confirm it, and do nothing else. There is no intermediate state. The principles of shopping, finding a job and choosing a partner are very useful.

We can listen to music while washing our faces. But we can't write programs and read Capital in depth at the same time. This example is easy to understand. Don't do two things that require attention and willpower at the same time. Different from the spirit of the efficiency era, the main measure of essence is that the mission must be achieved, not the best. No matter how many things you do or how efficient you are. It is good that you solve problems with high quality.

Experiments show that doing several things at the same time can easily give people the illusion of being busy. In order to make excuses for their insufficient production. It takes courage to face the core problems and concentrate on solving them. However, if you don't solve it, you have to blame yourself. That's why I'm busy doing all the irrelevant things. "People's minds are lazy, and people are willing to do anything in order not to really use their brains."

The main idea of the book Scarcity is that the spirit of scarcity will bring pressure to people, occupy people's spiritual bandwidth, and make people's spiritual bandwidth for solving problems drop, which is lower than the spiritual bandwidth in normal state. So that busy people are busier and poor people are poorer. A person's spiritual bandwidth is occupied by the scarcity of time, how to exert the power of concentration?