don't be busy

Being busy is a regular badge of honour. I’m too busy.

Being busy indicates something.

That you can’t organise yourself and your time. That you can’t ask for help. That you can’t deal with silence. That you can’t say no.

Busy is also a pejorative term. So busy - a painful person who’s constantly nagging or gossiping. A busybody.

The Do Lectures post is referring to the Pareto Principle. 80% of outputs come from 20% of the inputs.

Find the lever, the thing that will enable maximum gain for minimum effort, and push on it. Until you find reach that easier 80%, chasing the next 20% is an exercise in self-flagellation. Passing up the open goal to chase the score direct from a corner.

Be effective with your training. What are the qualities that will benefit you the most to work on? What are the best ways to work on and augment those qualities? How often can you do that?

Most crucially, what can you ignore?

a series of expansions on The DO Lectures - ‘It’s Just Me’ Manifesto