{"id":136939,"date":"2019-04-01T15:58:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T22:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=136939"},"modified":"2019-04-01T16:11:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T23:11:02","slug":"do-more-with-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/01\/do-more-with-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Do More With Less."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is technology? My definition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The power to do more with less.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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“Give me a spot to stand, and I can move the world.”<\/p>Archimedes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The basic notion of Archimedes Lever:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Determine what is your greatest strength, and figure out how to exploit your strength to the maximum (10x+ gains<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For example, when I started ARS<\/a>, my goal was to maximize my intelligence\/knowledge to create the most open and democratic feedback platform for photographers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maximize you.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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And this is the thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t aspire to the virtues of others; aspire to maximize your own personal strengths and virtues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Your life is limited. One day you will die. At best you will live to be 120 years old<\/a>, at worst, you will die (later) today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My current thinking is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life is too short to be prudent;<\/a> strive towards your greatest ideals in life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

How to do more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It seems the best way to ‘do more’ is to simply be less distracted. And to me that means: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t do anything you don’t want to do; do more of what you want to do.
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For example with my personal creative output (creative productivity), things which have helped me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The less I use email, the more ideas I come up with, and the more I produce.<\/li>
  2. The less I care about pleasing others, the more I focus on pleasing myself– which leads to more creative output.<\/li>
  3. The less I read the news and outside media, the more quiet I have in my brain to actually listen to myself.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Maximize efficiency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    So it seems to become more creatively productive, it is all about economization — doing more with less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For example, what if you could make gasoline engines 10x more efficient? Instead of 30mpg, you could get 300mpg? Perhaps this is the innovation of electric cars — we can use gasoline to power power plants, which eventually help us recharge our electric cars? Perhaps this is more efficient?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Every day is a mini lifetime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Consider that you have a limited amount of ‘energy-life-vigor-power’ in a given 24-hour day. Considering that this limited, how can you take your ‘100 units of energy-life-force-energy’ and maximize it by 10x? What will you decide to do with your day, and what will you decide NOT<\/em> to do with your day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Let us assume you cannot “ADD” energy\/willpower to yourself and your own day. Determine for yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How will I NOT squander my power, and how can I MAXIMIZE my power in an effective and meaningful way — which is in accordance with my own personal virtues\/morals\/ethics?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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