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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

Do fewer things. Do them better. You will be happier.

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Greg McKeown

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6 years

What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance? What if instead we celebrated how much time we had spent listening, pondering, meditating, and enjoying time with the most important people in our lives?

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Greg McKeown

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8 years

What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance? #essentialism

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Greg McKeown

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3 years

Rule 1: Stop lying about being able to do it all.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

Burnout is not a badge of honor.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance? What if instead, we celebrated how much time we had spent listening, pondering, meditating, and enjoying time with the most important people in our lives?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance? What if instead we celebrated how much time we had spent listening, pondering, meditating, and enjoying time with the most important people in our lives?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance? What if instead we celebrated how much time we had spent listening, pondering, meditating, and enjoying time with the most important people in our lives?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

I am thinking about launching an #Essentialism podcast. Who do you want me to interview?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

Burnout is NOT a badge of honor #Effortless

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

We had The Great Depression. Then The Great Recession. I hope this will be The Great Reset. With so many activities being stripped away, perhaps never before have so many people been required to ask: "What's essential now?"

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Greg McKeown

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4 years

A book is surely among the best investments of any on earth. For a few dollars, you gain access to what the smartest people have already figured out. Reading, reading to really understand, is high-leverage by any estimate.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

I am thinking about launching an #Essentialism podcast. How long should each episode be?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

I am nervous. I am excited. The podcast is here. Today. Right now! There is a surprise for you when you subscribe and listen.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

I have two weeks left to finish my next book. I am writing it for: Successful people who can't work any harder. Movers and shakers who want to contribute more but are running out of energy. People who want to break through to the next level w/o burning out.

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Greg McKeown

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

2 years

Do fewer things. Do them better. You will be happier. #essentialism

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

1 year

Do fewer things. Do them better. You will be happier.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

2 years

Saying no to nonessential travel gives you the freedom to recurperate. Saying no to nonessential purchases gives you the freedom to invest. Saying no to nonessential meetings gives you the freedom to think.

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Greg McKeown

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1 year

Can you relate?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

“What day is it?” asked Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh.” ― A.A. Milne

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

What if we stopped celebrating being busy every second as a measurement of importance? What if instead we celebrated each moment spent stopping, pausing, breathing, listening, being, and enjoying the present with the most important people in our lives?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

Routine is one of the most powerful tools for removing obstacles. Without routine, the pull of nonessential distractions will overpower us. But if we create a routine that enshrines the essentials, we will begin to execute them on autopilot.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

2 years

Do less. But better. You will be happier.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

1 year

You get your life back the moment you learn to say no to almost everything.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

Thinking about creating online Essentialism class. For high achievers who have "run out of space." Gives actionable advice for becoming more Essentialist. Feels like, "I can do this." Question: Do you want it?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

6 years

If it isn’t a clear yes, then it’s a clear no.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance? What if instead we celebrated how much time we had spent listening, pondering, meditating, and enjoying time with the most important people in our lives?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

☑️ clear yes ❌ no #essentialism

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

What if we stopped celebrating burnout as a badge of honor? What if, instead, we reenthroned relaxing as a responsibility? #Effortless

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

1 year

The most common toxicity I see on teams is silence.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 months

The device in your hands is not a phone. It’s a three trillion dollar, military grade, addiction-producing machine. And we are no match for it.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

6 years

So your day has not been perfect. Here’s the good news: All that matters now is what you’re going to do next.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

I have never seen more people asking the question: What's essential now? Layer after layer of nonessentials is being stripped away. Things we thought we "had to do" or "we can't live without" don't even matter. In all times, this is the right question to ask.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

6 years

What if we stopped celebrating speed and celebrated progress instead?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

By all means, hunker down at home. Stay safe. Stay well. But this isn't the time to hunker down mentally and hope for the status quo to return. The status quo is being attacked. So this is the time to innovate. To create. To reinvent.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

If you want to see how to apply essentialism in an end to end way, listen to this conversation I had with @tferriss . We threw out the traditional interview 20 minutes in and I think the process may be helpful to you as well.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

Be careful about being "productive" all the time. We aren't living in a coal mine. It's a diamond mine. Only a few things really matter. But they matter a lot.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

I have sat in meetings where there was so much jargon that I had no idea what anyone really meant. Communication isn’t about using lots of buzz words: it’s about clarity.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

In times of struggle and stress, in the hard times: reduce your time horizon. Don't worry about the next year or month. Don't fret about the next week or day if it's too much. Perhaps take on this present moment and what immediately follows. You will be happier.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

The world is going to close for a month or two. I feel for the many, many people who will be affected negatively. I also feel thankful for the opportunity and possibilities this provides us if we look at it through the right lens.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed singular for the next five hundred years. Only in the 1900s did we pluralize the term and start talking about priorities.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

Do you want to be on my podcast? We'd have a conversation about what is essential for you, what you're struggling with.... that sort of thing.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

7 years

Catching people doing the right things will produce better results than complaining about what they aren't doing.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

To build a reputation: Say what you do Say why you do it Do what you say Prove that you did it What else?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

Remember that a clear “no” can be more graceful than a vague or noncommittal “yes” #essentialism

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

Does your brain ever feel like it has too many tabs open? Get everything out of your head: write EVERYTHING down. It will take a few hours but once you are done you will be in a new place mentally. You will have space to think again.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

6 years

When you can’t see things clearly, when you are feeling crazy, remember you’re not broken: most of the time you just need a warm shower, a good meal and a full night’s rest.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

Do not give up. Go slowly, fine. Make only a little progress, no problem. But keep going: tiny step by tiny step. You will win when others fail. This is the power of the disciplined pursuit.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

People who make money from unnecessary complexity do not like simple solutions.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

6 years

If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. Lao Tzu

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

I struggle sometimes with FOMO when I see other people achieving amazing things. But increasingly I feel joy for them and joy in the different path I am on. I feel peace in choosing a different life.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

Do few things. Do them better. You will be happier.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

2 years

Burnout is NOT a badge of honor. #effortless

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

Family is the most important organization in the world.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

Should I do a podcast?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

You are under no obligation to do what everyone else is doing. You have a responsibility, instead, to find your essential task and pursue that in a disciplined way.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

New year and a new book! New book means a new cover. Vote for your favorite: A or B. (Also... Make it easier to do what matters by taking the 21-Day Essentialism Challenge here: )

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

Which life will you choose? #essentialism

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

What are you currently reading? #effortless

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

7 years

Thinking of writing a book on the best way to put #Essentialism into practice. Should I?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

2 years

REMEMBER – if you don't prioritize your life, someone else will.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything. #essentialism

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

Small things, done consistently, lead to great things. Agreed?

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

Listening is not silence. Listening is not passive. Listening is the most active, dynamic, intense and rewarding form of communication that exists: it opens the whole world to you.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

7 years

The greatest con is to believe that an hour less sleep equals an hour more productivity.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

All you have to do in order to make your life unbearably complex is to keep adding and adding without subtracting.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

For overachievers who feel guilty if they aren't working all the time:

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

In times of struggle and stress, in the hard times: reduce your time horizon. Don't worry about the next year or month. Don't fret about the next week or day if it's too much. Take on this present moment and focus on what you can do right now that’s essential. You will be happier

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

Stop saying yes without thinking it through.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

Drop a ❤️ below if you agree👇⠀

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

When you focus on what you lack you lose what you have. When you focus on what you have you get what you lack.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

I am thankful for a growing awareness that not everything has to be so hard. That success doesn't have to feel like exhaustion. That progress doesn't have to be at the detriment of mental and physical health. #givethanks for every day you don't overdo it.

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Greg McKeown

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3 years

I am thankful for the God-given ability to discern what matters from what doesn't. What would life be without the ability to prioritize? The light within is a most extraordinary gift. It lives within every one of us. How endlessly grateful I am for this. #givethanks

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Greg McKeown

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3 years

Relationships are the most essential part of life. Communication is the most essential part of relationships. Listening is the most essential part of communication.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

You can do anything, just not everything.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

Done is better than perfect. #Essentialism

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

2 years

Saying no to nonessential meetings gives you the freedom to think. Saying no to nonessential email gives you the freedom to connect. Saying no to nonessential social media gives you the freedom to read.

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Greg McKeown

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3 years

Are you an essentialist or non-essentialist? #essentialism

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

7 years

The years have taught me to be kinder: I have found (almost) everyone is struggling (almost) all of the time.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

Be selective, be thoughtful. You simply cannot say yes to everything.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

6 years

There are times I see what other people are doing and feel "I should do that too" and then I pause and smile and remember I am on a different path.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

7 years

What if schools eliminated busywork and replaced it with important projects that made a difference to the whole community? #Essentialism

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

6 years

If you don't know what's most important right now then the most important thing right now is to figure out what's most important right now.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

4 years

Relaxing is a responsibility.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it's about how to get the right things done.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

2 years

What you want is progress over perfection. Instead of trying to write the great American novel, write words on a page. As Margaret Atwood said, "A word after a word after a word is power."

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

Focus is more important than genius.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

2 years

To eliminate nonessentials means saying no to someone. Often. It means pushing against social expectations. So eliminating the nonessentials isn’t just about mental discipline. It’s about the emotional discipline necessary to say no to social pressure. #essentialism

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

1 year

Never underestimate a person who spends time learning when they don’t have to do anything.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

3 years

When you simply can’t try any harder, it’s time to find a different path. #effortless

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

In times of struggle and stress, in the hard times: reduce your time horizon. Don't worry about the next year or month. Don't fret about the next week or day if it's too much. Perhaps take on this present moment and what immediately follows. You will be happier.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

6 years

The greatest con is to believe that an hour less sleep equals an hour more productivity.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

Your future will be defined by what you give your attention to now.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

There are times I see what other people are doing and feel "I should do that too" and then I pause and smile and remember I am on a different path.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

6 years

For too long I worry that I have used this platform for dry/safe content for becoming an #Essentialist . Going forward I will be more open with my struggles with living this myself. The wins and fails.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

2 years

The only important rule: Design a life that really matters.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it's about how to get the right things done.

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Greg McKeown

@GregoryMcKeown

5 years

All the clutter in your closet was once money. All the busyness in your life used to be time to think, ponder and invest.

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