Those who have read the author’s first book, Essentialism, will find it fairly similar.The ‘now’ we experience only lasts 2.5 seconds.Swedish death cleaning means getting rid of the clutter you have accumulated while you are still alive.Subsequent light tinkering has a heavy cost.
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Take a nap with keys in your hand and a plate on the floor below – as soon as you drift off, the keys fall and wake you up.
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Start: work out the first obvious action.Notice: see things clearly for what they are.Rest: consider the art of doing nothing.In an effortless approach, you realise that the most essential things can be the easiest ones, you find the easier path, and get the right results without burning out.In an exhausting approach, you think that anything worth doing takes tremendous effort, you try too hard, overcomplicate, overengineer, overthink and overdo, and so what you get is burnout and none of the results you want.You can make it easier to focus by creating an effortless state, concentrating on effortless action and getting the highest return on the least effort.Not everything has to be so hard – you can make it easier to do what matters most.Ĭan’t be bothered to read it? Too much screen time lately? Listen to the 5-minute podcast in two parts.