Kyle Roth

The main character of the first story slowly changed his attitude toward demands on his resources. “Can I actually fulfill this request, given the time and resources I have?” “Is this the very most important thing I should be doing with my time and resources right now?” “Just because I was invited didn’t seem a good enough reason to attend.” It’s important to pursue “less but better” in a disciplined way. Simply doing fewer things is not meaningful. Most things in the world are trivial noise, and my job is to sift through noise and find things that are truly valuable. This involves active consideration of responsibilities and trade-offs involved in making a choice. I think I often try to “force execution at the last moment”, which is a mark of a non-essentialist.