Essentialism

Human experience works out such that inside any “yes” is also a “no.” But investing effort in activities like study lets us engage better with life as a result.

What do you want to accomplish in the next year? Intentionally planning with these 5 steps will help you make the most of it.

The beginning of the school year is one natural time to take stock of what lies ahead. Demands mount (or are about to). How can we stay afloat?

Michael Hyatt suggests five reasons to cultivate the skill of gracefully saying no.

Daily Gleanings about the need to miss out on some things in order engage most fully with what’s most important.

Daily Gleanings about the challenges inherent in knowledge work and ways of balancing productive work with healthy engagement in the rest of life.

Michael Thomas discusses the importance of sleep for knowledge work through the lens of a couple key anecdotal narratives. Todoist has published a helpful introduction to “GTD practices and what [they] think is the most intuitive way to implement the[se practices] in Todoist.” The essay comments, in part, that “the key to GTD isn’t the techniques or tools you use to execute tasks but rather the habits you employ on a daily basis to think about and prioritize your work.” ...

Gleanings about focus, distraction, social media, and essentialism.

Gleanings about focus and the Kurzgefasste Liste.

This post continues reviewing Michael Hyatt’s book “Free to Focus.” Here we concentrate on Hyatt’s advice about “stopping” to to discern what’s important.

Gleanings about essentialism and Charles Quarles's Matthean theology.

I’m celebrating Christmas. If you are also, I hope you’ll enjoy those who matter most to you and reflect on the elements of lasting value in the season.

Michele Cushatt, Michael Hyatt, and Greg McKeown discuss “essentialism,” which is about saying “yes” to what matters most.