The Secret to Effortless Productivity & Overcoming Overwhelm w/Greg McKeown EP 1102

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Entrepreneurship, Fitness, Inspiration, Greatness, Health, Money, Celebrity Interview, Self Care, Celebrity, Success, Mental Health, Relationships, Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 114 minutes

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“If you can’t work any harder, you’ve got to find an easier path.” Today's guest is Greg McKeown. Greg is a speaker, bestselling author, and host of the podcast, What’s Essential. His work has been covered by the New York Times, Fortune, and Inc.. He previously wrote the New York Times bestselling book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, which has sold more than a million copies worldwide. He’s now written a new book called EFFORTLESS: Make It Easier To Do What Matters Most. In this episode Lewis and Greg discuss the simple and surprising keys for a productive life, the 5 questions to ask yourself before starting a new project, how to stop beating ourselves up for relaxing more often in our lives, the two questions that changed the course of Greg McKeown’s life, and so much more! For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1102 Check out Greg's podcast: What’s Essential Check out Greg's new book: Effortless The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing, and Brotherhood: https://link.chtbl.com/910-pod A Scientific Guide to Living Longer, Feeling Happier & Eating Healthier with Dr. Rhonda Patrick: https://link.chtbl.com/967-pod The Science of Sleep for Ultimate Success with Shawn Stevenson: https://link.chtbl.com/896-pod

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0:00.0	This is episode number 1,102 with New York Times best-selling author Greg McEwan.
0:07.8	Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howes, former pro athlete,
0:13.2	turned lifestyle entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message
0:18.8	to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness.
0:23.0	Thanks for spending some time with me today, now let the class begin.
0:30.0	John Carmack said, focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.
0:36.4	And Leo Tolstoy said, there is no greatness whether it's not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
0:43.2	My guest today is Greg McEwan and Greg is a speaker, a New York Times best-selling author and host
0:48.4	of the podcast What's Essential. His work has been covered by the New York Times,
0:53.2	Fortune, and Inc. and he's previously wrote the New York Times best-selling book,
0:57.1	Ecentralism, the Discipline Pursuit of Less, which has sold more than a million copies worldwide.
1:02.8	He's now written a new book called Effortless. Make it easier to do what matters most.
1:08.0	And in this episode we discuss the simple and surprising keys for a productive life.
1:13.2	The five questions to ask yourself before starting a new project.
1:17.6	How to stop beating ourselves up for relaxing more often in our lives and the two questions that
1:23.2	change the course of Greg's life. If you're inspired by this, if this helps you become more
1:28.6	effortless in your goal setting and accomplishing your goals and in your life overall,
1:33.2	then make sure to share this with a friend. Post it on social media, text a friend,
1:36.7	you can use the link, LewisHouse.com, slash 1102, or you can just copy and paste this link wherever
1:42.4	you are listening to it. And if this is your first time here at the School of Greatness,
1:45.6	then welcome. We have some of the most incredible minds in the world here to share with you how
1:50.3	to unlock your inner greatness. So click that subscribe button right now on Apple Podcast.
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