1985: An Excerpt From the Book "Effortless: Make It Easy to Do What Matters" by Greg McKeown

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Greg McKeown shares an excerpt from his book, Effortless: Make It Easy to Do What Matters Episode 1985: An Excerpt From the Book "Effortless: Make It Easy to Do What Matters" by Greg McKeown As high-achievers, we’ve been conditioned to believe that the path to success is paved with relentless work. That if we want to overachieve, we have to overexert, overthink, and overdo. That if we aren’t perpetually exhausted, we’re not doing enough. But lately, working hard is more exhausting than ever. And the more depleted we get, the harder it is to make progress. Stuck in an endless loop of “Zoom, eat, sleep, repeat,” we’re often working twice as hard to achieve half as much. Getting ahead doesn’t have to be as hard as we make it. No matter what challenges or obstacles we face, there is a better way: instead of pushing ourselves harder, we can find an easier path. Effortless offers actionable advice for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out. More about the book can be found here: https://gregmckeown.com/books/effortless/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1985, an excerpt from the book, Efferless. Make it easy
0:06.7	to do what matters by Greg McEwan and I'm Justin Mollick. Welcome to Optimal Living Daily or the
0:12.4	OLD podcast where I read to you from some of the best blogs I can find and get permission from.
0:18.4	And again, today I'm actually reading from a book. And I'll keep this in short short and tell you
0:23.0	about the author right after the excerpt, so for now let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.
0:32.6	An excerpt from the book, Efferless. Make it easy to do what matters by Greg McEwan.
0:39.7	Sam sat rocking his sleeping three year old son. The room which earlier was a flurry of games in
0:45.5	activity was now scattered with half built Lego towers and puzzle pieces. Despite the mess it was
0:51.5	the most content Sam could remember feeling in a long time. Like most of us work had been creeping
0:57.3	into Sam's home life even before the pandemic. Now that he was working solely from home those once
1:02.8	blurred lines were now completely erased. Phone calls, late night emails and marathon zoom meetings
1:09.1	became the norm. Sam wasn't working from home. He was living at work. As this became clear he
1:15.2	tried to reestablish boundaries pledging to finish work by 5pm but his cell phone continued to ring.
1:21.6	So he committed to silencing his phone but the urge to check his phone just in case was a constant
1:26.8	temptation. Finally Sam reached his breaking point and decided he had to take more drastic
1:32.0	measures. Not only would he leave his home office at 5pm but he would set an email bounce back
1:37.9	message explaining he had finished work for the day and would return all requests the next morning.
1:43.2	Instead of silencing his work cell phone he turned it off. He asked his team to only call his
1:48.9	personal cell phone for urgent items. On the clock struck 5pm Sam made himself unavailable for work
1:56.3	and available for everything else. The difference was remarkable. He felt less anxious. He was more
2:03.8	present with his wife and children were better. He found time to relax and recharge. And it wasn't
2:09.9	just his personal life that improved. Sam found he began to enjoy his work more. He made better
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