You will get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get.
The way to get out of a creative rut is to switch mediums.
Specific knowledge is knowledge you cannot be trained for.
What man actually needs is not a tension-free state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal.
The trap is thinking bigger always solves the problem you currently have.
Automation and outsourcing can help a company of one grow without necessarily growing its headcount.
Until we can identify the essential few from the trivial many, we are subject to the tyranny of choice.
Scaling a company isn’t the same as growing a company.
Every business decision has trade-offs. It’s the responsibility of the business owner to figure out which trade-offs are worth making.
An Essentialist produces more, brings forth more, by removing more instead of doing more.
If it isn’t a clear yes, then it’s a clear no.
Rowan's note
My new filter for every partnership pitch.
Nothing is as empowering as real, positive achievement.
The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular.
Rowan's note
We ruined it by making it plural. He's right.
Treating time as a resource to be maximized means you approach every moment as an opportunity you’re duty-bound to exploit.
If you don’t prioritize your life, someone else will.
Becoming a more efficient and productive worker isn’t the solution to the problem of feeling overwhelmed. It’s the cause.
The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable.
Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.
Build half a product, not a half-assed product.
Long hours don’t mean you actually get more done. You’re more likely to get sloppy.