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Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

265. How to Live a More Effortless Life w/ NYT Bestselling Author Greg McKeown

Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

Maria Menounos, Heal Squad

Self-improvement, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

YouTube: https://youtu.be/11oCYuAZasQ Greg McKeown, New York Times Bestselling author of Essentialism, sat down with the #HealSquad to discuss his new book, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most. Greg taught us how overthinking leads to clutter and less mental energy, and emphasized that we must declutter our brains. We discussed burnout and how there are only two types of people in the world right now, those who are burnt out and those who acknowledge they are burnt out. Greg gives us tools on how to spot burnout and teaches us that past a certain point, working harder leads to negative results...it’s not worth the burnout. We learned that through journaling, making our chores fun and giving them purpose, being more present and CHOOSING to take the lighter vs the heaver path we can all start to live a more effortless life. Greg teaches us that instead of saying “how can I work harder to get better results?” say “how can I achieve better results by making it more effortless?” We also discuss the power of having the ‘courage to be rubbish’ or not being held down by perfectionism, which is crucial to living more effortlessly. Greg had so many incredible lessons and life hacks we had to make it a two-part episode. So please enjoy part two! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

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Happy shopping friends

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Coming up on today's better together

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After I complain, I will say something I'm thankful for

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There is our laughing is because the second I started that the first thing I noticed

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Was that I complained so much more than I realized so much more and this is from someone

1:01.6

I mean, I just told you I put it out there

1:03.6

I got spent 10 years doing this in my journal and so I think of myself as a pretty positive person

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As is it fairly optimistic maybe even really optimistic, but I still

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Found that in my actual experience of life. I'm just completely amazing to long than I thought

1:19.9

Yeah, this thing that was weird and and this is how I'm expressing myself to people I'm walking to the room

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I catch the children doing something wrong, you know, I'm looking for the wrong

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So as soon as you say okay catch yourself. It's a complain about something fine

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But then you have to say something you're thankful for so you bring the ratio at least to 50 50 instant reaction

1:40.6

You can see it lighten up other people's mood

1:44.5

I'm on a journey to get better and all areas of life from wellness and mental health to career and

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Relationships and so much more. I know getting better isn't easy, but it's a whole lot easier when you can do it together

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