AP 709: How to Prioritize What Matters Without Burning Out || with Greg McKeown

About Progress

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

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In this episode, I dive deep into a fascinating conversation with Greg McKeown, the bestselling author of "Essentialism" and "Effortless." Greg and I explore the concept of making life's essentials easier and more manageable. We discuss how the hustle culture often leads to burnout and how we can find a better way to prioritize what truly matters. We also touch on the importance of trade-offs, especially for women who often feel overwhelmed by responsibilities. Greg shares practical tips on how to make relaxation and rest a priority, a concept he calls 'relaxation as a responsibility.' You'll hear valuable insights on improving your most important relationships and making life feel less like a constant struggle. Tune in and learn how to make your essential tasks effortless and your life more fulfilling. Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! ⁠Get on the waitlist for Italy!⁠ Single traveler survey ⁠here⁠. Leave a rating and review Check out my ⁠workshops⁠! Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Free DSL Training Full Show Notes This episode is brought to you by goPure Beauty, get 25% off @goPure with code PROGRESS at https://www.goPurebeauty.com/PROGRESS #goPurepod; and by ⁠AirDoctor⁠, use code MONICA at ⁠http://airdoctorpro.com/⁠ for up to $300 off air purifiers; and by Fearless Finance, chat with a planner for free to make sure it’s a good fit, and you’ll get $50 off your first planning meeting when you use the code PROGRESS at fearlessfinance.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	No one listening to this can work 10 times harder.
0:03.0	You want 10 times better results, and you've been taught that the only way to get better results is to work harder,
0:07.6	then either you give up on essential important things before you begin,
0:12.8	or you say, I have to sacrifice, you know, I have to give more,
0:17.1	and you end up sort of killing off the asset that is you.
0:27.5	Okay. give more and you end up sort of killing off the asset that is you. Hi, this is Monica Packer and you're listening to About Progress, where we are about
0:33.0	progress made practical.
0:36.5	We are just a little over a month into our summer season, and I have to tell you,
0:41.8	the one defining word I could use to describe how it has felt for me is this, grumpy, because that's
0:50.4	what I am. I have been a very grumpy gorilla, as we often say in our household to
0:56.3	describe certain children, but lately it's been me. And I've realized lately that my grumpiness comes
1:02.9	also down to one word, or phrase even, and that's tradeoffs. It's because all day, every day,
1:10.6	I have to grapple making tradeoffs between what matters and even if trade-offs. It's because all day every day, I have to grapple making trade-offs
1:12.6	between what matters and even with what matters how to do so in a way that isn't unrealistic,
1:20.7	even down to the ways I feed my kids, to how we're spending our time together, to the chores
1:26.0	we do around the house.
1:33.9	This is why today I am very eager to share an interview I recorded and aired back in 23 with Greg McEwen.
1:36.3	It was such a thrill to get a yes from him.
1:39.3	He was probably my biggest yes yet up to that point.
1:43.9	All thanks to a progress in our community, by the way,
1:46.2	Rebecca, thank you. And getting him on the show was not only a dream come true, it was also so
1:51.8	practical and very relevant to my life and to this audience as well. And the thing I love the most
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