25. What's Essential: Jay Papasan on The First Thing

The Greg McKeown Podcast

Greg McKeown

Self-improvement, Business, Education

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Jay Papasan (author, The One Thing) and Greg discuss some of the compatible and parallel elements of their philosophies to reach your highest level of contribution. They demonstrate that with a deliberate and efficient mechanism in place to prioritize actions, one can achieve optimal success in all categories of life from family to business. 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	Jay Papazan, it is a pleasure to have you on the What's Ascentral podcast.
0:06.5	You have spent years now after having written the one thing, helping people to focus on
0:14.2	what is important.
0:16.7	I feel in some ways that we've lived, I suspect, somewhat parallel lives, and of course we've
0:24.4	spoken before on your excellent, the one thing podcast.
0:29.9	Welcome to the show.
0:31.6	Thank you so much for having me, and I'll just echo that.
0:34.0	I mean, I stumbled onto your book because so many people were reading our books together
0:38.0	because they are highly compatible and synergistic in themes and in execution.
0:45.1	That's been one of the funnest things for me about starting this podcast at Tor has
0:49.0	been talking with people who I've known previously only by rumor.
0:55.5	People read, essentially, and then they read that book.
0:59.8	Then they all talk about it.
1:01.1	It's almost like we should know each other because in their minds they have a relationship
1:07.5	with these different authors, but actually we don't always know each other and so it's
1:13.2	nice to have an excuse to do that.
1:15.5	I don't know if you read your audible book or not.
1:18.1	We actually hired someone who actually knows how to read to do hours.
1:21.8	You're portalling charming voice.
1:23.6	Well, that's nice of you to say.
1:25.1	I did read my own for good or ill.
1:30.1	Good, good.
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