Author of quotes: The essentialism

We must make the choice ourselves so that others cannot make it for us.

Learn to prioritize your life. Or someone else will do it for you.

The ancient Greeks had two words for time: Chronos and Kairos.
The Greek God Chronos was represented as an elderly gray-haired man, and his name was associated with the clock ticking, in a chronological sequence, which we still measure and compete in the effort to use it effectively.
The word "Kairos" to translate the more difficult it is unexpected and favorable moment.
Chronos is quantitative, Kairos is qualitative. To experience Kairos can only be fully being in the present moment: that we exist "now".
Amazing that from a practical point of view we have just now.
We can't control the future in a literal sense. Only the present.
Of course, we learn from the past and is able to imagine the future. However, only "here" and "now" we actually have the power to do the things that really matter.

I don't want to say that helping others is bad. Of course, each of us loves his family, cares about them and tries to make their life better. But when others try to pass on to us their problems and we agree, this is not help and indulgence. Taking loved ones to their problem, we deprive them of the chance to find a solution.

If I once made an exception, they would have to do again and again.
The border is a very fragile thing, as if the walls of the sand castle. As soon as one collapses, it fall down and rest.

The propensity to sunk costs, this trend to invest the time, money or energy into unprofitable project because the initial investment can not be returned.
It's like a vicious circle: the more we invest, the more want the project paid off, and the more willing to invest more. The more we are invested in the project, the harder it is for us to abandon it.

If it is not obvious that this is a "Yes", obviously, is "no."

If the answer is not definitely positive, it is negative.

To have the courage to step on the right path, you need to think how short human life is and how much you want to manage in the time allotted to us.

Essentialist constantly asks himself the question: "am I doing?"
In the world there are so many opportunities and businesses that we have had neither the time nor the resources. Let many of them seem interesting, really needed just a few.