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The Greg McKeown Podcast

90. What's Essential: Q&A on The Power Of Small Wins

The Greg McKeown Podcast

Greg McKeown

Self-improvement, Business, Education

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

If your life is anything like mine, you probably have far more problems than you can solve in one day. It’s easy to become overwhelmed.  When this happens, it is often our most important relationships that suffer.  But the good news is there is a solution. Taking just a few moments to celebrate small wins, especially with those that matter most, can change the equation in your favor.  In this episode, my wife Anna and I explore concrete ways you can reinforce good behavior at home, avoiding the temptation only to see what someone is doing wrong, and how to use microbursts of effort to improve your relationships. Credits: Hosted by Greg McKeown Produced by Greg McKeown and Scratch Audiohouse Executive Produced by Greg McKeown, Brent Montgomery, Ed Simpson and Derrial Christon

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0:00.0

Come with me on an exploration of self-discovery.

0:09.6

On this podcast we decipher what really matters, as we unravel the chaos of day-to-day work

0:17.6

to learn how to build an essential life.

0:25.2

Welcome to the What's Essential Podcast, I am your fully British, mostly essentialist

0:31.3

host Greg McEwan, and it's really a delight to have you here.

0:36.4

Thank you for spending a moment with me and my guests every week to reflect on really

0:43.8

what matters most.

0:46.1

If your life is anything like mine, you've probably got far more problems to handle than

0:52.0

you possibly can in a day.

0:55.1

And the temptation with that is to try and overdo it, get overwhelmed by all the challenges

1:02.1

around you.

1:04.0

You can even quite easily, especially in today's environment, get a little negative with yourself,

1:11.1

with the people around you.

1:12.3

In fact, almost always it's with the people who are most essential to you.

1:18.3

You often show up worse with them than anyone else.

1:23.0

We get overwhelmed by the task even though it's the most important relationships in our

1:28.3

lives.

1:29.8

In today's episode, you're going to learn how to make this a lot easier.

1:37.6

To be able to make progress by rediscovering the importance and power of small wins, of

1:45.5

catching people doing the right thing.

1:48.8

And I'm frank to say that I struggle with this sometimes in my own family, and so for

1:52.5

that and many other reasons I have invited Anna McEwan, my wife, to be on the show again

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