#129: Less But Better: Essentialism with Greg McKeown
“Relaxation is a responsibility, play is a responsibility and it is a discipline.” -Greg McKeown
Greg McKeown had an experience many years ago that helped him understand the importance of prioritizing. It was this powerful choice that launched his understanding and pursuit of essentialism. I am grateful that he has made it his life’s work to help others gain clarity in this area of their lives. I first read his book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, a couple years ago and have been slowly integrating the principles into my life. Greg defines essentialism as “a disciplined, systematic approach for determining where our highest point of contribution lies, then making execution of those things almost effortless.”
In this episode of Veggie Doctor Radio, we discuss essentialism and why it is important now more than ever.
We discuss:
The definition of essentialism and the crazy story of how he knew he needed it
Who essentialism is truly for
The first step in practicing essentialism
What we need to do first before allowing clarity to find us
How essentialism principles can be applied to family life
How to establish boundaries
Our modern school system and how to help children learn essentialist principles
The importance of play to essentialists
The definition of editing, why it is important and how to do it
How to build a system that produces to discipline to pursue essentialism
What he wishes more people knew
The personal habit he is most proud of
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Greg McKeown
More about my honored guest:
Originally from London, England, Greg McKeown is the author of the New York Times bestseller, “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” and the founder of McKeown, Inc, a company with a mission to teach Essentialism to millions of people around the world. Their clients include Adobe, Apple, Airbnb, Cisco, Google, Facebook, Pixar, Salesforce.com, Symantec, Twitter, VMware and Yahoo!.
McKeown is an accomplished public speaker and has spoken to hundreds of audiences around the world including in Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, England, Holland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.
Highlights include speaking at SXSW, interviewing Al Gore at the Annual Conference of the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland and receiving a personal invitation from Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, to speak to his Annual Innovation Conference.
His writing has appeared or been covered by Fast Company, Fortune, HuffPost, Politico, and Inc. Magazine and Harvard Business Review. He has also been interviewed on numerous television and radio shows including NPR and NBC.
In 2012 he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Originally from London, England, McKeown now lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and their four children. He graduated with an MBA from Stanford University.
You can learn more at: www.gregmckeown.com
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