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Essentialism

The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

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Essentialism

Written by: Greg McKeown
Narrated by: Greg McKeown
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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.

©2015 Greg McKeown (P)2015 Random House AudioBooks Social Sciences
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A must listen book. Eye opening, relevant and meaningful. Author has narrated it himself and the essence of the writing is not lost. I hope to become an essentialist and eliminate all forms of waste from my life and career. loved it, will probably listen to it on repeat

Must Listen

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Will apply in life. Models defined in the chapter are viable, thanks a lot to author

Apply it

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Okay Greg, a natural speech makes the audio more impressive and attractive. To be true, I felt like this was a virtual reader recording bcz with the narrator's speech tone, I could not connect like I would when listening another Human speak. The material was good. And so, honestly, bcz of that I still managed to keep listening this audiobook.

Content good, narration? Sleepy

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'Essentialism' is a non-fiction book about increasing your efficiency at work and in personal life by identifying and saying no to the non-essentials. Non-preachy, succinct, and well-articulated, it is a read for our times, when often we feel lost, jumping from one meeting or task to another, many of them for others, and at the end of the week, are unable to figure what we delivered despite being busy from morning till night in a world full of din and clutter. Through real-life stories and ideas, original and inspired, Greg gives a guidebook for us to be better than the previous day, to perform at our best levels, and letting go of short-term popularity and minor, temporary wins in the favor of long-term respect and value.

It is an unpretentious (unlike the hoard of books with the F-word flooding the covers), non-pushy (unlike the ones where they promise to make you a monk), and realistic (unlike those that ask you to get up at 5AM) book that has inspired me to try many of its ideas in the coming days and test their effectiveness. (And also gave me a great company in the form of an audio-book in the post-vaccination sickly phase.)

I think you can get a lot out of it.

A read for our times

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for those who are doing so much and so many things that they are missing on the essential things. this book talks about how you can be essential and live a happy life.

To sort your life and be essential!

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