Hi,
Walking the Camino has taught me a great lesson.
Less is more.
For a long time, I held the conventional view that a life of fulfilment consists of adding more successes, bucket lists, and stuff.
But as I walk and read, I am experiencing a very different conclusion.
The secret to a great life is to subtract, not add.
If you can imagine life as a backpack.
When I first started the Camino, my backpack was overflowing with stuff.
You quickly figure out every ounce counts when carrying the bag for 8 hours.
You learn what’s essential and what's not.
And remove all non-essential items to end up with the vital few.
This is the powerful message behind one of my favourite books, Essentialism.
As Greg McGowen points out,
“The way of the essentialist is the relentless pursuit of less but better.”
You might find that your life backpack is stuffed full of non-essentials.
That’s because,
“If you don’t prioritise your life, someone else will”
It is not until we check our life backpack we discover it is full of other people's plans, commitments, and non-essentials.
We often pick up these non-essentials without EVER checking to see if they are essential to us.
And it is the non-essentials that are weighing you down 24 hours a day.
As McGowen suggests:
“A non-Essentialist thinks almost everything is important”
“An Essentialist thinks almost everything is non-essential”
Now imagine removing all unnecessary commitments, habits, and workload?
How light you would feel.
How would you feel if you could put all your life force into the work, causes, and people in your life that are most important?
Imagine the joy, meaning and contribution, you would experince if you could focus on things that matter most.
In todays podcast I will deep dive into some of the techniques you can use to remove the trival many and discover your vital few!
Before I go.
What is one commitment or habit you could remove from your life backpack today that will make you feel a little lighter?
Your coach
Andy
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Come and train with me as a coach.
It was learning to coach others that transformed my life and now I am on a mission to personally pass on this gift to you.
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