A very common piece of advice I've come across in tons of my readings: **Do fewer things**. Trying to do too much will spread you thin. [[Small and Essential Beats Big but Inessential]]. You should undertake [[Minimal Activities]]. You should have no more than [[3 Goals a Day]]. You should be [[Monotasking]] by default. [[Hell Yes or No]]. > [!note] > Doing fewer things does **not** mean producing less value. > **The opposite is true.** > Doing fewer things allows you to do those things that _are_ valuable. Tim Ferriss would agree, he did say [[Business is Laziness]]. I also do find that my end-of-year performance reports typically include lots of content that took very small amounts of time compared to the huge amounts of time I spent busy with stuff that _didn't_ make the cut. [[Warren Buffet’s Goal Advice]] would agree with this too. **Worthwhile things take time**. - to allow them the time they take (the essence of [[The Slow Movement]]) _requires_ you do fewer things. This is one of the reasons Cal Newport suggests [[Time Blocking]] - to ensure you actually _have the time_ to do the thing. If your calendar doesn't fit it, then you shouldn't do it (or you need to not do something you were going to do). This also spans into the difference between working through difficulty (even if the work itself isn't intense) and doing intense work (which is usually difficult). See [[Intensity and Difficulty are Different]]. **** # More ## Source - [[Slow Productivity]] - [[The 4-Hour Work Week]] ## Related