16. What's Essential: An Essential Conversation with Derrick Johnson

The Greg McKeown Podcast

Greg McKeown

Self-improvement, Business, Education

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Derrick Johnson (NAACP President and CEO) shares his perspective and experience as a black man in America. Derrick and Greg have a candid dialogue about the current climate and the differences in how they have had to interface with the world. Together, they explore the importance of embracing that which makes you unique and discuss ways we can all be a part of the often uncomfortable, but necessary change. Share the What’s Essential podcast with your co-workers & friends and earn rewards: https://refer.fm/essential 1 Referral - Access the exclusive "Tim Ferris" episode 3 Referrals - 21-day Challenge PDF 15 Referrals - $10 digital gift card you can use at stores like Real Simple, Container Store, etc. What's Essential Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/essentialismpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/essentialismpodcast Greg McKeown Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregorymckeown LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregmckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gregorymckeown/ Scratch Audiohouse Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wheelhousegroup/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wheelhouse-group-llc/ Credits: Hosted by Greg McKeown Produced by Greg McKeown and Scratch Audiohouse Executive Produced by Greg McKeown, Avi Gandhi, Brent Montgomery, and Ed Simpson Co-Produced by Paul Dizon

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0:00.0	Dear essential
0:02.0	this
0:05.0	this is centralism podcast,
0:06.0	thank you for listening.
0:08.0	Not every episode on this podcast is the same.
0:11.0	Some episodes are essential interventions where I get the
0:15.8	privilege to work with individuals one-on-one. In listening to their unique situation and
0:21.7	how essentialism can apply to them.
0:24.9	And because that which is most personal is most universal,
0:30.7	I've heard from many, many of you about how relevant those episodes are to you and so in the
0:37.5	future there will be more of those episodes to come and in fact if you would like to be considered for such
0:45.3	an intervention or coaching session please email me at essentialism.com.
0:51.1	Occasionally an episode will be what we could brand an essential conversation.
0:57.0	In other words, it's about an issue in the world that's so relevant right now it's essential even while we aren't
1:05.1	talking directly about the practices of essentialism. This is such an episode.
1:11.3	It's with the president of the NAACP, Derek Johnson.
1:16.3	Here he is leading an organization whose purpose is to empower and advance
1:21.5	African Americans and in the current climate one can only
1:25.4	imagine the increased pressure on him and requests for his time so it's a
1:32.3	privilege to be able to speak with him today.
1:35.0	As you will see, it doesn't take long before we get to the red-hot center of the issues,
1:41.0	the essence of the subjects at hand.
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