Greg McKeown on Doing Less and Getting More
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🗓️ 8 May 2021
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On today’s podcast Ryan talks to bestselling author Greg McKeown about his new book Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most, how the present moment is the true antidote to uncertainty, how effortlessness actually produces better outcomes, and more.
Greg McKeown is a speaker, a bestselling author, and the host of the popular podcast What’s Essential. McKeown’s New York Times bestselling book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less has sold more than a million copies worldwide. Originally from London, England, he now lives in California with his wife, Anna, and their four children.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoke podcast early and add free on Amazon music download the app today |
| 0:10.5 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoke each weekday |
| 0:14.8 | We bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stokes |
| 0:18.7 | Something to help you live up to those four stoic virtues of courage justice |
| 0:23.9 | Temperance and wisdom and then here on the weekend |
| 0:27.0 | We take a deeper dive into those same topics. We interview stoic philosophers. We explore at length |
| 0:35.0 | How these stoic ideas can be applied to our actual lives and the challenging issues of our time |
| 0:42.8 | Here on the weekend when you have a little bit more space when things have slowed down |
| 0:47.8 | Be sure to take some time to think to go for a walk to sit with your journal and most importantly to prepare for what the week ahead may bring |
| 1:01.0 | Hey, it's Ryan Holiday welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoke podcast |
| 1:06.6 | My guest today is the author of one of my all-time favorite books |
| 1:12.0 | book I sell here at the painted porch bookshop in vatria ptexas as well |
| 1:15.9 | I'm talking about Greg McEwan the author of essentialism |
| 1:22.3 | Essentialism to me is a core |
| 1:24.5 | Stoic concept and marks realist even says |
| 1:27.4 | Every day you should ask yourself this question with everything that you do he says is this essential |
| 1:35.2 | And he says what you find is that most of what you do is not essential most of what you say is not essential |
| 1:41.1 | And when you eliminate that not only do you have more tranquility |
| 1:43.9 | He says you get the double benefit of doing |
| 1:48.0 | Fewer things better |
| 1:49.7 | So if you haven't read essentialism you absolutely should and Greg is an awesome author and we had a great conversation |
| 1:56.8 | And his new book which just came out effortless make it easy to do what matters is a very fitting sequel |
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