What does it mean to be conscious? Is there an easier way to arrange and reorganize our lives? Every day, the world around us is full of new possibilities. The secret to a good lifestyle is the controlled selection of only those important and significant things. Success does not mean doing everything. Success is doing the right things in the best and easiest possible way.

Essential is the person who knows how to choose and filter only the most important thing in his or her life. He is not striving to fit everywhere and in everything. He or she wants little, does little, and gets enough. Enough to make him feel successful, happy, and calm. The disciplined pursuit of less makes his life more meaningful. By making the right choices, the essentialist takes control of his life, not the other way around. Taking this control happens in a few steps and one decision: To eliminate everything I do not need today to be what I want and am.