It is possible to not realize that we spend a disproportionate amount of our energy on things of little consequence. When we do, we major in the minor.
We do this with our health when we obsess about a dietary detail, but don’t exercise much or give ourselves the chance to sleep well.
At work this can happen when we clamp down on a problem the resolution of which will not actually move us forward.
And then, with limited time left, we minor in the major.
The tricky part is that majoring in the minor feels like we are doing something productive. We are not.
Let’s major in the major.
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