Eddie Pinero

That happy medium, that intersection is why we're all here.

Because when I don't take time to deeply think, when I lose the big picture, I remain in a cycle of routine.

And sometimes that's great.

Morning routine is great.

I don't really have to think about it.

I'm programmed.

Things like driving a car, as Duhigg explains in The Power of Habit.

Your foot stepping on the gas.

It's involuntary, and thank God for that.

But one must be able to step outside that loop and ask the big picture questions.

We have to make time to at least roughly chart the course.

And it'll change.

Life will present its obstacles, but we'll have at least parsed out what matters and what doesn't.

When life is all habit and reflex,

When you've lost the ability to examine the self because one minute alone with your thoughts is agonizing, well, you won't be able to see past the surface of who you are and what you're capable of.

I want to be clear here, this is not me complaining about perhaps the most prosperous society ever to exist.

This is me saying, you know, there are some dangers that we way too easily overlook.

That when you outsource your thinking, you outsource your future.

And it's not hard to fall into that trap.

I just referenced the book Deep Work a few minutes ago.