Greg McKeown - The Disciplined Pursuit Of Less

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Connor Beaton

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 2 May 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Greg McKeown is the author of Essentialism and the CEO of THIS Inc., a leadership and strategy design agency located in Silicon Valley. Greg tells the audience that if you want to break through to the next level and contribute more to your life, you must go big on fewer things. If you say yes to everything, you will simply stretch yourself too thin and exhaust yourself. Key Takeaways: [2:55] Don't forget ManTalks is hosting another event! [4:25] What was Greg's defining moment? [7:00] Our failures lead to some of our biggest lessons. [8:10] The only time we really learn is when we have expectation failure. [9:05] True wealth is the ability to be present at any given moment. [9:20] Don't let a defining moment in your life pass you by. [10:00] Are you just too busy living to think about life? [10:30] Greg believes there's only two kinds of people in this world – the people who are lost and the people who know they're lost. [10:50] To be in the second category requires humility, self-awareness, and courage. [11:45] Don't run on auto pilot. [17:15] The first part of the book goes into the mindset of an essentialist. [20:15] How can we accomplish more things that are important to us? [21:05] An essentialist explores their options. [21:55] An essentialist is very aware they have the ability to choose. [26:45] Who really spends years working on a single masterpiece project? [31:15] Our society is very achievement-based and we've been rewired to accomplish it all. [32:00] What's possible when you start practicing the principles of essentialism? [34:05] If you say yes to everything, you cannot contribute to your highest ability. [34:25] If you try to do it all, you'll just do it averagely well. [35:45] When given the choice, people will choose fewer things done better. [38:50] What legacy would Greg like to leave behind in the world? Mentioned in This Episode: www.vancitybuzz.com/ www.mantalks.com/ www.gregmckeown.com/ Essentialism by Greg McKeown Music Credit: Parlange & Latenite Automatic (www.jesusparlange.com – www.lateniteautomatic.com) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are people who are lost, and then there are people who know they are lost.
0:12.9	Welcome, everyone in Mantox Land. I hope that you're having a fantastic week. This is Connor
0:17.6	Beaton, founder of Mantox. I will be by myself today as Mr. Roger and I earned.
0:23.5	It was not able to make the podcast, unfortunately, but that's okay. This is a phenomenal,
0:29.4	phenomenal conversation. No disrespect to any of other guests that we've had on, but this was
0:34.3	absolutely one of my favorite conversations that I feel like I have ever had. Greg McEwen, the guest that we have on today, who is the author of a book that you've probably heard called Essentialism, is just an absolute gem. He's extremely well spoken, very intellectual, and I took a lot away. One of the key things that I
0:55.8	took away from this was the idea of expectation failure. I love that expectation failure.
1:02.3	Greg really believes that that's how we ultimately learn. It actually might be the only way
1:07.0	that we really truly learn fundamental core lessons in our life is through failing at some
1:13.6	of the expectations that we have. So who is Greg McHughan? Well, Greg McKeon has dedicated his
1:18.2	career to discovering why some people break through to the next level and others don't.
1:24.2	The definite treatment of this issue is addressed in Greg's latest project,
1:29.4	the instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, Essentialism,
1:34.0	the disciplined pursuit of less. As well as frequently being the number one time management
1:39.9	book on Amazon, this book challenges core assumptions about achievement to get to the essence
1:45.9	of what really drives success. Oh, juicy. Juicy. So Greg is also the CEO of a company called
1:53.8	This Inc. And this company's mission is to assist people and other companies to spend 80% of their time on the vital few rather than the
2:05.5	trivial many. And think about that, to spend 80% of the time on the vital few rather than the
2:12.2	trivial many. Now, some of these clients include Adobe, Apple, Google, Facebook, Pixar, Salesforce, Simentech, Twitter, VMware, and Yahoo. That is one hell of a resume.
2:27.2	Greg's writing has also appeared or been covered by Fast Company, Fortune, Huffington Post, Politico, and Inc.
2:33.4	magazine. He's also one of the most
2:35.6	popular bloggers for Harvard Business Review and LinkedIn's influencers groups, averaging
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