There are times in life when being less informed is better than being more informed. I know that sounds shocking. We’ve always been taught that becoming well informed is a virtue; our civic duty. It seems appalling for someone to advocate ignorance.
But let me illustrate why being less informed may be beneficial with three recent examples from my own life.
Being Less Informed Can Help You Accomplish More
Two weeks ago I accomplished very little. I wrote a short post asking people to click on my affiliate links. I dashed off a quick funny story about kittens Friday afternoon just so there would be some content on the site. And I did one other thing that ended up being a waste of time, which I’ll come back to in a minute. That’s about it.
Last week, I accomplished a ton. I should take time to be proud of getting so much done, but I won’t bore you with a long list.… Read more