Simple Makes [Life, Software, Everything] Better.
Simple Makes [Life, Software, Everything] Better.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a neuroscientist, former Google executive, and founder of the Ness Labs newsletter has a new book, Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World, and her ideas around ditching goals and focusing on experiments is really interesting. Could you do something like this in your life?
I’ve recently realized that all of the things I’ve found most worth doing, I’ve accomplished by showing up every, single day. My daily habits have led me to write a book, become fluent in new languages, and retire at 41. I blink and suddenly I hit huge life goals. You have to love the power of the daily habit.
If you have five things on your to do list today, how do you ensure you are as productive as possible? The answer, which is my best suggestion for living the life you want is: delete four of them. That’s not the punchline to a joke, it’s a very effective strategy for getting more of your most important things done and I think of it as ruthless prioritization.
It’s the season of resolutions and I don’t know about you, but I am completely over them as a means to accomplish life goals. So, for those of you who have amazing goals this year, but no actual plan or system yet to achieve them, I’d like to share the following first draft from my new book. It’s the most basic way that I know to create a plan that will help you actually accomplish your goals.