the basic value proposition of Essentialism: only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.
Anna Avramenkohas quoted10 days ago
the pursuit of success can be a catalyst for failure. Put another way, success can distract us from focusing on the essential things that produce success in the first place.
Anna Avramenkohas quoted10 days ago
studies have found that we tend to value things we already own more highly than they are worth and thus that we find them more difficult to get rid of