Essentialism by Greg McKeown

To conclude my series of podcast episodes about the importance of “Focusing”, I was honored to interview Greg McKeown, author of the New York Times Best Seller Book – Essentialism: the Disciplined Pursuit of Less. Greg has taught at companies that include Apple, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Salesforce, and Pixar. He is also an amazing keynote speaker that I had the opportunity to meet at the ICON15– The InfusionSoft Annual Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. Here are some of the topics we spoke about: What is “Essentialism”? Information and opinion overload Emails in mobile devices as a distraction Discern between the vital few and the trivial many Becoming an essentialist is not an event, it’s a process Importance of pressing the pause button Small changes produce big results The power of a short breathing exercise The paradox of success Essentialism is not one more thing Essentialism is a journey Three Simple Daily Practices to Become an Essentialist: Press the pause button – Breath slowly for 3 breaths Top Six Priorities – Focus on the first one: The Priority Write Down Five Successful Trade-offs and Celebrate that! Next steps: Listen to the book: Essentialism Read the book: Essentialism