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Essentialism : : the Disciplined Pursuit of Less

McKeown, Greg. Book - 2014 Adult Book / Nonfiction / Self-Help / General / McKeown, Greg None on shelf 6 requests on 2 copies Community Rating: 4.4 out of 5

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Part I: Essence. The essentialist -- Choose: the invincible power of choice -- Discern: the unimportance of practically everything -- Trade-off: Which problem do I want? -- Part II: Explore. Escape: the perks of being unavailable -- Look: see what really matters -- Play: embrace the wisdom of your inner child -- Sleep: protect the asset -- Select: the power of extreme criteria -- Part III: Eliminate. Clarify: one decision that makes a thousand -- Dare: the power of a graceful "no" -- Uncommit: win big by cutting your losses -- Edit: the invisible art -- Limit: the freedom of setting boundaries -- Part IV: Execute. Buffer: the unfair advantage -- Subtract: bring forth more by removing obstacles -- Progress: the power of small wins -- Flow: the genius of routine -- Focus: What's important now? -- Be: the essentialist life -- Appendix: Leadership essentials.
Discusses a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so you can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter.

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Focus on a simple idea submitted by rabindar on July 16, 2014, 10:29pm Greg McKeown focuses in on the simple idea of identifying the most essential priorities (he calls them the "vital few") and putting all of one's efforts into them, while simultaneously jettisoning the rest. In principle this is an achievable goal, however, it can be quite a challenge in one's real life to decide what the "vital few" are. The book is a quick and easy read. Implementing the advice in the book is the challenge - a difficult one.

great book! submitted by smgop on August 16, 2015, 6:52pm well worth reading

Wisdom to think through—and act upon—what really matters submitted by sVfGI7Glt2pz7GZgVB90 on August 22, 2019, 11:29am Essentialism is chockfull of useful instructions on how to say ‘no’ gracefully, exercise your freedom to set boundaries, discover the power of small wins, and harness the power of routines to evade the pull of nonessential distractions that can subsume you easily.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Crown Business, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780804137409
9780804137386
0804137382

SUBJECTS
Choice (Psychology)
Decision making.
Essentialism (Philosophy)