The first part of my life was spent acquiring.

Knowledge, credentials, assets, frameworks, stuff.

Now, I see that the essence is obtained by removing much of that.

Clearing out the debris, the clutter, the noise.

Creating the space for the signal to emerge.

As Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote in Terre des hommes:

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”