Most people are busy being busy, addicted to interruption and distraction. I want you to see yourself as a minimalist. I want you to close the escape routes so that you don’t get caught up in being busy, being busy. Little shots of dopamine to make you feel good in the moment, but not really doing anything that matters. If you look at the great artists, look at the great business builders, look at the great scientists,these people blocked out all escape patches that would allow them to get caught up in the thick of thin things and the trivialities that so many people are attracted to.I want you to close them down, and I want you to start thinking about going minimalist. Do few things really, really well. Rather than releasing 1,000 mediocrities, being the business of focusing on one masterwork. Maybe it’s every year. Maybe it’s every four years like Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Four years focused on the ceiling. It damaged his eyes, it hurt his back, yet he made history.So think about being a minimalist even in your home. Keep it pure, keep it minimalist. Not a lot of things, because the more friction you have, the more drag you have, the less you’ll be able to focus, the less productive you’re going to be. Even with your friendships, I believe it’s better to have three amazing friends that you could call at 3:00 in the morning if there’s any trouble versus a 1,000 digital friends. Even with books, I have a great library, and yet I come back to the few core books over and over and study them. It is better to go a mile deep than a million inches wide, and that is one of the great recipes or formulas to rise to world-class. Not dissipating all your genius, focusing it on just a few things.
