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« References

Greg McKeown, Essentialism.

Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, First Edition (New York: Crown Business, 2014).

Premise: Focus only on the disproportionately valuable options 0G2.

Referencing notes.

  • Setting unrealistic expectations undermines respect by overstimating ability
  • Students are unable to produce correct estimates on paper writing time.
  • Seeing incremental progress strongly encourages further progress.
  • Questions to help buffer in project planning.
  • Buffer.
  • Do the hardest task of the day first.
  • Journaling can be made more sustainable.
  • Journals provide active value when used well.
  • Learned helplessness is the belief that one has no control over their experience.
  • Sunk cost bias.
  • Endowment effect.
  • Status quo bias.
  • Fear of missing out.
  • Planning fallacy.
  • Paradox of success.
  • Exploration is necessary to find the best options.
    • Pareto principle.
  • Tradeoffs align with core purpose.
  • Make choices in context of other opportunities.
  • Tactics for reducing options toward a decision.
  • Decline nonessential opportunities.
  • Cut losses on bad investments.
    • Forcing things to work.
  • Activation triggers keep habits and goals integrated into one’s life.
  • Stress can be reduced by focusing on other activities.
  • It can be better to wait for something to unfold rather than immediately reacting.
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