WASHINGTON 鈥� 鈥淒o more with less鈥� is a phrase you may have heard from a boss or manager. But author says having less is the secret to being successful.
Sonenshein, the author of 鈥�,鈥� said his book is about being resourceful and finding a way to be more creative to achieve goals.
It may seem counterintuitive to ask a boss for less money or fewer people to complete a project, but Sonenshein said in doing so, the mind can come up with 鈥渕ore creative solutions when under constraints.鈥�
Sonenshein used the 鈥渇rying pan test鈥� as an example.
鈥淕rab a frying pan and think of the many different ways you can use it,鈥� he said on 蜜桃视频app. 鈥淔or a lot of children, for example, 鈥� they can come up with a lot of different ways: it鈥檚 an instrument, it鈥檚 a container, it鈥檚 a stool. For most of us, it鈥檚 a stir fry because we aren鈥檛 comfortable using resources in less-conventional ways.鈥�
Forcing yourself to think in less-conventional ways can breed success and happiness, Sonenshein added.
鈥淲ith stretching, you鈥檙e focused on achieving the goals you have, and not worrying about what other people have,鈥� he said.
Living a life of 鈥渓ess鈥� means backing away from the rat race and reevaluating the goals that make you happy, he added.
鈥淲e think we need the bigger house and the nicer car because that鈥檚 what our neighbors have, but if we really think about it, that鈥檚 not what most of our goals are,鈥� he said. 鈥淪o with stretching we learn to refocus our energy on the things that are most valuable to us, and we find out that a lot of the things we are doing aren鈥檛 bringing us satisfaction.鈥�
