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The Greg McKeown Podcast

59. What's Essential: Ann Berry on Redefining Achievement Through Passion

The Greg McKeown Podcast

Greg McKeown

Self-improvement, Business, Education

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Investment and private equity executive Ann Berry (Chief Investment Officer & Managing Partner, Wheelhouse) joins Greg for a conversation on leadership in today’s landscape, discovering new passion, and doing what you love. They discuss pandemic challenges faced at different levels as well as what the learnings can teach us to best navigate moving forward. They explore the value of tenacity and teamwork, and the importance of clear communication and practicing gratitude. For a limited time purchase Effortless and get the 21-Day Challenge (and download Chapter 1 of Effortless) FREE! Share the What’s Essential podcast with your co-workers & friends and earn rewards: 1 Referral - Access the exclusive "Tim Ferriss" 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 Facebook Greg McKeown Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Scratch Audiohouse Instagram LinkedIn 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the show I'm Greg McEwan and I'm your host for the What's Essential Podcast.

0:09.5

There are lots of shows on how to improve, on how to become successful, but there is only

0:15.4

one on what to do once you are.

0:19.1

This is essential because success can be a catalyst for failure, especially if it leads

0:25.1

to the undisciplined pursuit of more.

0:28.5

This show is about how to become successful at success.

0:32.3

It's for high performers who are on the edge of exhaustion, solving problems completely

0:38.2

before they even arise.

0:39.7

It's about turning tedious tasks into joyful rituals.

0:44.2

It's about simplifying your processes and making your most essential activities the

0:49.7

easiest ones.

0:51.8

So if you're a driven, hardworking, productive person who is running out of space but still

0:56.8

wants to make a higher contribution effortlessly, the What's Essential Podcast is designed

1:03.5

especially for you.

1:07.5

So let's begin.

1:10.6

Okay, so why did they kick you out?

1:17.6

Well, I wasn't technically deported from England, but I sorted it out myself because I fell

1:24.5

in love with America as a teenager in New York specifically when I was 18 and I'd come

1:30.9

here of all things, having done one of these Model United Nations programs.

1:35.8

Really?

1:36.8

So I think lots of people did.

1:38.2

It was one of those sort of high school activities and I loved it and I ended up here

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