Shane Parrish for Farnam Street:
The Premise
As I looked around, I noticed that the most successful people I know have one thing in common: they are masters at eliminating the unnecessary from their lives. The French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry hit on the same idea, writing in his memoir, “Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.” This principle, it turns out, is the key to success.
The Method
Here’s one method to help you choose what to focus on and how to use your time (it’s a mix of time blocking and a variation of Warren Buffet’s two-list system):
- Step 1: Change how you think about your day. Think of your day as having 96 blocks of energy, with each block being a 15-minute chunk of time.
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.- Step 2: Write a list of all the goals you have.
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.- Step 3: Circle your top three goals.
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.- Step 4: Eliminate everything else
Conclusion
It’s all about FOCUS.