The more I try to do, the less I get done.
And so I am forever trying to find ways to do less.
When I succeed at this, I know I am doing so because, paradoxically, I actually get a lot done.
Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another—intensity defeats extensity every time.
Robert Greene – “The 48 Laws of Power”