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Essentialism
- The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
- Narrated by: Greg McKeown
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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Essentialism
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Have you ever found yourself struggling with information overload?
Have you ever felt both overworked and underutilised?
Do you ever feel busy but not productive?
If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is to become an essentialist.
In Essentialism, Greg McKeown, CEO of a leadership and strategy agency in Silicon Valley who has run courses at Apple, Google and Facebook, shows you how to achieve what he calls the disciplined pursuit of less. Being an essentialist is about a disciplined way of thinking. It means challenging the core assumptions of "we can have it all" and "I have to do everything" and replacing them with the pursuit of "the right thing in the right way at the right time".
By applying a more selective criteria for what is essential, the pursuit of less allows us to regain control of our own choices so we can channel our time, energy and effort into making the highest possible contribution toward the goals and activities that matter.
Using the experience and insight of working with the leaders of the most innovative companies and organisations in the world, McKeown shows you how to put Essentialism into practice in your own life, so you, too, can achieve something great.
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- Jasmine
- 25-08-2019
Such a wonderful book! Didn't want it to end
Probs in my fav top 5 books of all time. Full to the brim with ideas for getting clear on what really matters
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- Ellen Hartwig
- 05-05-2020
Inspiring
A great dive into optimised human performance through subtraction and focus rather than addition. Excellent!
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- Anonymous User
- 19-03-2021
This book was as good as I'd heard it was.
loads of food for thought. I think I am ready to be an essentialist. Greg, thank you for this book.
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- Jeneile Kirk
- 12-04-2020
essential reading!
do the right thing at the right time for the right reasons.
this is perfect for people who have been idea strong and execution poor
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- Kindle Customer
- 21-10-2020
Really eye opening
I think this is a must for just about everyone. I'm actually going to give some of my family this book for Christmas.
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- Katie
- 31-01-2021
A Very Helpful and Practical Book
This is well spoken, well paced, thoughtfully written and highly useful book on how to create easy small changes and find the real joy in life by stripping away what is not essentail
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- Michael
- 11-11-2017
wonderful requrired reading for modern society.
counter intuitive to modern life. practical, insightful and life changing. definitely need to reread multiple times
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- Anonymous User
- 19-06-2017
less is definitely more
this book practices what it preaches.
succinct, clear, easy to understand, no waffle
easy to listen to
simple, yet powerful insights
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- Aaron
- 20-07-2016
Great content
Really good book with easy to apply tips and tricks.
I did find that he transitioned from topic a bit quickly and at times it was hard to keep up. The audio book would benefit from a brief pdf to follow along with in order to keep track
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- Manoj
- 21-06-2016
Great read a must for every professional
Wow, what a book. This is the second time around listening to this. This is a must read for everyone.
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