“A wealth of infor­mation creates a poverty of attention”. (Herbert Simon)

Trinity. 1998, by me.

“Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action”. (Tymothy Ferris, The 4-Hour Workweek)

“1. Doing something unimportant well does not make it impor­tant. 2. Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.” (Tymothy Ferris, The 4-Hour Workweek)

“People think that they can clear up profound matters if they consider them deeply, but they exercise perverse thoughts and come to no good because they do their reflecting with only self-interest at the center” (Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure).

“Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few criti­cally important but uncomfortable actions” (Timothy Ferris, The 4-Hour Workweek)

“A man under the age of forty does not need to be prudent or sagacious. It is better that he gathers strength” (Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure).

Imagine you are in a dark room full of stuff with just a pocket flashlight. This is what the limited attention span is about.

A small summary.

1. Be smart — think vectors, not points, safe hours, not seconds.
2. Learn to find energy. Do every day not only what you got to, but just a little more.
3. Develop your vision. Energy without vision is a waste; energy plus vision is charisma.
4. Stay on your own pathway — trust signs, not numbers. Believe — true success is the experience of the miraculous, not the fulfillment of our plans, however great and visionary.