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Greg McKeown

@gregorymckeown

#1 NYT bestseller of Essentialism & Effortless (gregmckeown.com). I help people focus and simplify.

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Instead of trying to budget your time on the basis of existing commitments, assume that all bets are off. All previous commitments are gone. Then begin from scratch, asking which you would add today. You can do this with everything from the financial obligations you have to

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The faster and busier things get, the more we need to build thinking time into our schedule. The noisier things get, the more we need to build quiet reflection spaces in which we can truly focus.

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Mutual understanding is essential if we want to make meaningful progress because when we understand one another, the whole conversation changes.

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Dividing our attention among too many things always has consequences: - lower productivity - impaired decision-making skills - decreased mental health to name a few Will we continue to be overworked and under utilized, filling our schedules with lots of good things, but having

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Essentialism is not about how to get more things done, it's about how to the get the right things done. It doesn't mean just doing less for the sake of less either. It is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and energy in order to operate at our highest

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Essentialism: only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.