People just believe the essential stuff is the hard stuff, the trivial stuff is the easy stuff,

and those are your options. Is it not possible there's a third alternative? What would it mean

if you could find a way to make the most essential things in your life the easiest things?

It's not distrust the easy. There really is an easier, better way,

and it's absolutely vital that we find it so that we can fulfill the most important missions

of our lives. Hi, my name is Rangan Chatsji. Welcome to Feel Better Live More. Do you feel chronically busy as though there's

always something else that you need to do? Do you feel as though you are always rushing around

and that your to-do list is never done? Well, this problem of busyness, stress and overwhelms

seems to be endemic in modern society and many of us feel trapped as if we have no way out. Well,

this week's guest believes that things do not need to be like this and that there are simple solutions

we can all adopt in our lives to help.

He is none other than the author and podcast host Greg McEwen, who believes that getting ahead

doesn't have to be as hard as we make it. Now, a few years back, he wrote a brilliant book

called Essentialism, and this is a book that really hit the zeitgeist and took the

world by storm. It has already sold over one million copies and really started off this global

movement for people to identify what is truly essential in their lives. Now in his new and

latest book, effortless make it easier to do what matters most.

He takes this idea one step further by trying to question the common narrative that doing something

worthwhile has to be and feel hard. He's trying to help us find a way to make the essential things in our life effortless.

You see, Greg explains that no matter what challenges or obstacles we face, there is a better way.

Instead of pushing ourselves harder, we can find an easier path and that it's absolutely vital

that we find it so we can fulfill the most important missions

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