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From Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less – Greg McKeown — ← Back to chapter overviewShareEssentialism requires a different kind of attention: not scanning for what’s loud, but…

From Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less – Greg McKeown — ← Back to chapter overviewShareTo see what matters, you need space away from the noise that insists…

From Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less – Greg McKeown — ← Back to chapter overviewShareTrade-offs are not a failure of planning; they are the structure of reality.…

From Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less – Greg McKeown — ← Back to chapter overviewShareDiscernment is the skill of separating signal from noise. The book pushes an…

From Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less – Greg McKeown — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe first move is to reclaim agency. Many people speak as if they…

From Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less – Greg McKeown — ← Back to chapter overviewShareEssentialism starts as an identity shift. The nonessentialist says yes by default, then…

From Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less – Greg McKeown — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe modern problem isn’t laziness. It’s overload: too many options, too many expectations,…

From Deep Work — ← Back to chapter overviewShareA distracted world won’t calm down on its own. Tools that monetize attention, and workplaces that reward immediate…

From Deep Work — ← Back to chapter overviewShareShallow work expands until it consumes everything you don’t defend. Email, meetings, and quick administrative tasks multiply because…

From Deep Work — ← Back to chapter overviewShareSocial media is treated here as an attention expense, not a moral problem. The question isn’t whether a…

From Deep Work — ← Back to chapter overviewShareIf you treat every flicker of boredom as an emergency, your brain learns that discomfort must be cured…

From Deep Work — ← Back to chapter overviewShareWaiting for “free time” is how deep work gets exiled to a fantasy future. The rule is to…