Fewer Better Things

Fewer Better Things

The Path Towards Mastery

Why you should reduce easy and do the hard

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Per Håkansson
Oct 10, 2022
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What looks elegant and simple is called mastery. Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash.

“Mastery... is to work toward simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work, and skill.”—Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia

In a world that is making everything easy, from binge-watching videos to quickly translating words via Google Translate, our focus should …

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