I had an older brother who had not the National Merit Scholarship, had gone to Yale in math and science. He was great at it, but he was really a jazz musician more than anything else. So I said, you know, I don't want that sort of mega versity kind of thing that my brother had done. And so then I got recruited by this strange little college in Florida. No grades, independent study, design your own education. It's like the opposite of formality with education.
David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, and Greg discuss the practical ways and key specifics to immediately begin the journey of cutting out what is non-essential, both personally and professionally. They go back and forth on the deeper and visionary elements of why it’s beneficial to focus on doing what matters most.
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