Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done. It doesn’t mean just doing less for the sake of less either. It is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and energy in
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“Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.”
― The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny
― The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny

“You combine insecurity and ambition, and you get an inability to say no to things.”
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed

“I suppose it’s no surprise that we feel the need to dehumanize the people we hurt—before, during, or after the hurting occurs. But it always comes as a surprise. In psychology it’s known as cognitive dissonance. It’s the idea that it feels stressful and painful for us to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time (like the idea that we’re kind people and the idea that we’ve just destroyed someone). And so to ease the pain we create illusory ways to justify our contradictory behavior.”
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed

“The snowflake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche.”
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed

“Where the real world changes into simple images, the simple images become real beings and effective motivations of hypnotic behavior.”
― Society Of The Spectacle
― Society Of The Spectacle
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