Byte To Byte With Steve Johnsen

We sometimes think that life will get better if we have more, but the reality is that life usually improves with subtraction, not addition. Hi, this is Steve Johnsen and I want to talk to you today about a distinction called "More versus Less." A distinction is something that you see about how things work in life, and once you see it, you get it. It's not necessarily a fact you learn or a new piece of information, but it's something you have to see. This distinction today, "More versus Less," can also be called "Addition versus Subtraction." A lot of times you might think, "Life will get better if I add more things to my life." "Life will get better if I have a boat." "Life will get better if I have a second car." "Life will get better if I add a new gadget." "Life will get better if I add a new activity." "Life will get better if I add more friends." "Life will get better if I sign up for a dance class." But the reality is that very often life gets better not with more but rather with less—if I get rid of so