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The word for today is zero. Maybe this would have fit well on the days where we get rid of a word, but today we’re just going to look at the upside of zero. When I think of zero, the phrase “inbox zero” comes to mind. I like that phrase because it comes with a built-in dare, the challenge of less. I’ve been digging Greg McKeown’s Essentialism for the last week, and he sums up his entire book with the phrase “less, but better.” So many areas of life would benefit from this approach, and it’s why zero is attractive. Zero marketing emails that you have to step over in order to find the important ones. Zero foods sitting out on your countertop, waiting to be thoughtlessly consumed. Zero clothes in your drawers and closet that haven’t been worn in the last two years. These goals are interesting because they are concrete and success is black and white. You either make it to zero, or you don’t. No in-between.

Today’s concrete challenge is to identify something that you want zero of in your life and make it happen today.

If you want to commit, say the following phrase: “I will write down my zero goal and work toward it today.”

I’ll keep the music playing while you get it done, and don’t miss the soundtrack at the end of this episode.

Before you go, repeat the following soundtrack, “I am the kind of person who does less but better.”

Let me know if this made a difference in your day by leaving a comment in your podcast app or at concrete.win/today.

Check back tomorrow for a new challenge. Until then.

References:

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

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