Greg McKeown

Imagine someone else showed me their writing and I'm looking at it and going, oh, I wonder what that says. What does that mean? And so you're just trying to now connect the dots a little bit. And then the now what, I have a really clear structure for this. I call it the one, two, three method. The highest priority item for the day, that's the one. You might spend two hours on that, ideally.

The two is two things that are urgent and essential. And the three are maintenance items. That's like the laundry of our life. If we don't do it, tomorrow gets a lot harder. And that together becomes what I think of now as my done for the day list. And it doesn't mean that I won't do anything else. But if I get those one, two, three things done, I know I have done the most important thing.

The two is two things that are urgent and essential. And the three are maintenance items. That's like the laundry of our life. If we don't do it, tomorrow gets a lot harder. And that together becomes what I think of now as my done for the day list. And it doesn't mean that I won't do anything else. But if I get those one, two, three things done, I know I have done the most important thing.

The two is two things that are urgent and essential. And the three are maintenance items. That's like the laundry of our life. If we don't do it, tomorrow gets a lot harder. And that together becomes what I think of now as my done for the day list. And it doesn't mean that I won't do anything else. But if I get those one, two, three things done, I know I have done the most important thing.

some urgent things and some maintenance items that will help my future self be thankful to me. And I say, okay, well, if I just do those things every day, life is going to be better and it's going to help me orient my way through this noise. And that's what we need because it seems to me that there are just two kinds of people in the world now.

some urgent things and some maintenance items that will help my future self be thankful to me. And I say, okay, well, if I just do those things every day, life is going to be better and it's going to help me orient my way through this noise. And that's what we need because it seems to me that there are just two kinds of people in the world now.

some urgent things and some maintenance items that will help my future self be thankful to me. And I say, okay, well, if I just do those things every day, life is going to be better and it's going to help me orient my way through this noise. And that's what we need because it seems to me that there are just two kinds of people in the world now.

There are people who are lost and there are people who know they are lost. And if you can get in the second category, that's really helpful because if you're lost and you know you're lost, you're actually not lost anymore because you know what to do. You know, you can stop. I don't know what I'm doing. Let's write this all out. This is where I'm at. This is some confusing.

There are people who are lost and there are people who know they are lost. And if you can get in the second category, that's really helpful because if you're lost and you know you're lost, you're actually not lost anymore because you know what to do. You know, you can stop. I don't know what I'm doing. Let's write this all out. This is where I'm at. This is some confusing.

There are people who are lost and there are people who know they are lost. And if you can get in the second category, that's really helpful because if you're lost and you know you're lost, you're actually not lost anymore because you know what to do. You know, you can stop. I don't know what I'm doing. Let's write this all out. This is where I'm at. This is some confusing.

Okay, what does all that mean? Okay, what am I going to do about it? Like the problem is when we don't realize we're lost and we just keep barreling ahead. without pausing and reflecting and getting, you know, it's like a plane is off track 90% of the time. The key is to getting where it's supposed to get to is that it has an automatic get back on track function.

Okay, what does all that mean? Okay, what am I going to do about it? Like the problem is when we don't realize we're lost and we just keep barreling ahead. without pausing and reflecting and getting, you know, it's like a plane is off track 90% of the time. The key is to getting where it's supposed to get to is that it has an automatic get back on track function.

Okay, what does all that mean? Okay, what am I going to do about it? Like the problem is when we don't realize we're lost and we just keep barreling ahead. without pausing and reflecting and getting, you know, it's like a plane is off track 90% of the time. The key is to getting where it's supposed to get to is that it has an automatic get back on track function.

And so in a disorienting world, what we need is a reorienting process. And that's why I think this daily process is such a helpful tool for living essentialism in a noisy world.

And so in a disorienting world, what we need is a reorienting process. And that's why I think this daily process is such a helpful tool for living essentialism in a noisy world.

And so in a disorienting world, what we need is a reorienting process. And that's why I think this daily process is such a helpful tool for living essentialism in a noisy world.

Well, there's sort of one way you could go with that question, but I'm sort of wanting to answer it a different way because of how you set the question up. And it's like Socrates was described as like the wisest man in the world. And he said, well, I don't know if I am, but if I am, it's because I have this daemon with me.

Well, there's sort of one way you could go with that question, but I'm sort of wanting to answer it a different way because of how you set the question up. And it's like Socrates was described as like the wisest man in the world. And he said, well, I don't know if I am, but if I am, it's because I have this daemon with me.

Well, there's sort of one way you could go with that question, but I'm sort of wanting to answer it a different way because of how you set the question up. And it's like Socrates was described as like the wisest man in the world. And he said, well, I don't know if I am, but if I am, it's because I have this daemon with me.

And he says, this daemon, so this sort of, I mean, we don't really use that term now, and it's not the same as a daemon, but this sort of entity. Yes, I suppose conscience, but it felt very separate to him. He said, my daemon never tells me what to do, but he always tells me what not to do. I thought that that was such a consistent idea with what you were just sharing.