In a One-Minute Jesuit video, Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ, explains, “Living the magis is not about taking on more activities. Rather, it’s about focusing on the more universal good. In work, school, or the spiritual life, we may need to work smarter, not necessarily harder. We can ask ourselves, ‘What might we do less of so that we obsess about what really matters?’”
Rossmann is the writer of the brand new e-book, The Freedom of Missing Out: Letting Go of Fear and Saying Yes to Life, through which he explores the thought additional:
Morten Hansen of the University of California, Berkeley, notes that prime performers “do less, then obsess.” They throw themselves into what’s going to make a distinction and cease losing their time on what’s nonessential. They are gritty about what’s essential however “quitty” about what isn’t…
The reality is, winners give up on a regular basis. They acknowledge their limitations. They cease taking place paths that lead nowhere. They domesticate their God-given presents. They don’t waste time on unproductive actions for which they haven’t any alternative for achievement.