Be an editor

Being an editor can give us more awareness in our lives.

Chip Conley, in his focus upon Modern Elder, talks about how in the first half of our lives we focus on accumulating, but in the second half, we can turn our focus to editing.

From a place of awareness, we can choose to “edit” our lives. Stop trying to acquire more “stuff”, more assets, more wealth, more, more, more.

Instead, we can look to edit. Give stuff away, use only what we need.

Less is More

Let’s use an example. Do you need more than one car? Do you need a car at all? If you do, how bit and polluting a car do you need? I used to have multiple cars, now I don’t own one at all.

For years I have been an editor.

I got to the point where I didn’t feel I owned stuff, I felt my stuff owned me.

Now, I’m at the stage where no longer owning a car feels liberating.

Editing creates space for what matters.

(This is a personal analogy but I also find it is vital to leaders. Stop doing so much, focus on what really matters, that is what you are there for!)