Greg McKeown
British business writer and speaker (born 1977); author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less and Effortless: Make It Easy to Do What Matters; co-author with Liz Wiseman of Multipliers.
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Their wordsI think that in the bigger picture, essentialism is about fighting this nonsense that we have been sold - that if we can fit it all in, then we can have it all.
↗Lessons In 'Essentialism': Getting More Out Of Life By Doing Less (NPR Weekend Edition, interview)npr.org 1st of 7 in this piece
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Their wordsWhat I think is that society at large is in a busyness bubble now, and we're almost at a tipping point. And at some point, it will burst as well and we'll think we were just crazy to get caught up in all of this euphoria.
↗Lessons In 'Essentialism': Getting More Out Of Life By Doing Less (NPR Weekend Edition, interview)npr.org 2nd of 7 in this piece
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Their wordsI think we have to come back to the reality of trade-offs.
↗Lessons In 'Essentialism': Getting More Out Of Life By Doing Less (NPR Weekend Edition, interview)npr.org 3rd of 7 in this piece
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Their wordsAnd so they've given up the right to negotiate nonessentials. And as soon as you give up that right, then you lose a lot of power.
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Being tricked by the trivial is a human dynamic of social pressure, not a time-management problem
Their wordsIt's not about time management. It's much more complex than that. It's a human dynamic. This is about social pressure.
↗Lessons In 'Essentialism': Getting More Out Of Life By Doing Less (NPR Weekend Edition, interview)npr.org 5th of 7 in this piece
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Their wordsBut for at least the last 10 years, it's not been information overload that's the problem - it's opinion overload.
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Their wordsOne other thing that I suggest that people do is, first thing in the morning, instead of reaching for your phone, you take 20 minutes and write a journal - ask the hard questions, maybe read wisdom literature, maybe meditate.
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