Essentialism

[#10.2021]

I bought this book in Singapore, Kinokuniya bookstore at Ngee Ann City, Orchard road, my must-visit place every time I am in the Merlion City. It took me a while to get this one, I even asked a friend of mine to get it for me in case he saw it somewhere during his travels. I wanted this book because someone in another book referred to it, and if there's something that got me curious, it's this, a good referral.

Kinokuniya - June 2017

So I read it, as my 8th book in 2017, and now the 10th of 2021. This kind of book only gets better and better every time you read them. Trust me.

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Peter Drucker

'People are effective because they say 'no', because they say, 'this isn't for me.'

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We often think of choice as a thing. But a choice is not a thing. Our options may be things, but a choice - a choice is an action. It is not just something we have but something we do. We may not always have control over our options, we always have control over how we choose among them.

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Just a few years ago, if you were stuck in an airport waiting for a delayed flight, or in the waiting room of a doctor's office, you probably just sat there, staring into space, feeling bored. Today, everyone waiting around in an airport or a waiting room is glued to their technology tools of choice. Of course, nobody likes to be bored. But abolishing any chance of being bored we have also lost the time we used to have to think and process.

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90 Percent Rule

As you evaluate an option, think about the most important criterion for that decision, and then simply give the option a score between 0 and 100. If you rate it any lower than 90 percent, then automatically change the rating to 0 and simply reject it. This way you avoid getting caught up in indecision, or worse, getting stuck with the 60s or 70s. Think about how you'd feel if you scored a 65 on some test. Why would you deliberately choose to feel that way about an important choice in your life?

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Essentially Awkward

A second reason why it is hard to choose what is essential in the moment is simple as an innate fear of social awkwardness. We feel guilty. We don't want to let someone down. We are worried about damaging the relationship. But these emotions muddle our clarity. They distract from the reality of the fact that either we can say no and regret it for a few minutes, or we can say yes and regret it for days, weeks, months, or even years.

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Essentialism isn't about getting more done in less time. It's about getting only the right things done.

Essentialism The Disciplined Pursuit Of Less by Greg McKeown

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