**More information isn’t ALWAYS better.** The biggest challenge to the man who can have anything is knowing what he wants. Being overloaded with information leads to [[Decision Fatigue]]. The vital few are overwhelmed by the trivial many. If you have bings and beeps and buzzes going off around you constantly, you’ll never have space to think. > [!tldr] 👉 It takes boredom to achieve [[focus]], and focus to achieve greatness. Napoleon would wait 3 weeks before even reading a letter he received. [[You can't make time, you can only take time.|Make time]] for deep work. Let things wait. What’s unimportant will wait. What’s important will ready for you **** # More ## Source - [[Essentialism]] - [[Digital Minimalism]] - [[Bored and Brilliant]] ## Related - [[Minimalism]] - [[Pareto Principle]] - [[Historical Info Overload]] - [[Decision Fatigue]] - [[Optimum Level of Information]]