To cut or to kill, that is the question. With so many things competing for your attention, how will you decide what wins your time?
I was reminded today that “cut” and “kill” are from the same Latin root word. An old video from Margie Warrell surfaced in my feed today, and it was a good thing.
According to menbeam.com, “The root word cis and its variants cid and -cide come from a Latin root which means ‘cut’ or ‘kill.’ A decision, for instance, is a ‘cutting off’ of all possibilities except for one; if you are decisive you have ‘killed’ all other options. And scissors? They just ‘cut.’”
According to Margie, we agonize in making decisions because sometimes our choices are not between good and bad; we are deciding between things that we value. But in order to make progress, we need to forgo one or many of our choices, in favor of one path. “Life rewards action, not indecision,” she claims; vacillation.
Cut or Kill Equals Growth
From haircuts, to pruning trees, nature has many scenarios that exemplify how cutting and killing something that might be considered excessive, promotes growth and strength. When daily “priorities” abound, it is import to ask, “What can be cut or killed in order to allow something else to flourish?” There is a cost to maintain too many priorities, of being overextended. By simplifying the decision process, we achieve progress a lot faster.