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"Consider the following questions: Do your resolutions more often start with “I
should do more of ...” than with “I should do less of ...”? Do you spend more
time acquiring information—whether through podcasts, websites, or
conversation—than you spend distilling what you already know?
How about: Do you add new rules in your household or workplace more often than
you take rules away? Have you started more organizations, initiatives, and
activities than you have phased out? Do you think more about providing for the
disadvantaged than about removing unearned privilege?
And: Do you have more stuff than you used to? Are you busier today than you
were three years ago?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re not alone. In our
striving to improve our lives, our work, and our society, we overwhelmingly
add.
In each of these situations, we’re all doing essentially the same thing—trying
to change things from how they are to how we want them to be. And in this
ubiquitous act of change, one option is always to
add to what exists, be it
objects, ideas, or social systems. Another option is to
subtract from what is
already there.
Subtraction is the act of getting to less, but it is not the same as doing
less. In fact, getting to less often means doing, or at least thinking, more."
Via Bill Daul.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
