Essentialism: Achieving More by Doing Less

Tamara Jurisic: It helped me better than a psychologist

United Kingdom on Sep 24, 2023

Awesome book. Packaging was incredible as well as paper quality. I really felt amazed with the content. For sure, it a must buy book !Awesome book. Packaging was incredible as well as paper quality. I really felt amazed with the content. For sure, it a must buy book !: Well there is nothing I disliked about the product. I suggest to buy this book. It's really helpful

India on Sep 23, 2023

Kavitapremi: Essentialism is basically woven into Indian culture. It was great to read about it in a more day today perspective and application.

India on Aug 02, 2023

Sturmey Archer: Essentialism is a book in the Malcolm Gladwell tradition of exploring behavioral themes that, on the face of it, seem kind of obvious. The thesis here is that you should strip down your obligations to the bare minimum and thus achieve a more productive and rewarding lifestyle. In other words, prioritize tasks so you spend your precious time on only the most important things.

A lot of this theme revolves around saying "no". The way you pare down the tasks on your to-do list is by declining to do things requested by others. Doing so would seemingly make you the villain in your personal and professional dealings, but the thinking is people will gain respect for you in the long run because you do tasks well precisely because you were selective about which tasks you take on.

The problem is the examples in the book are all in situations where you're fielding requests from colleagues and potential clients. The obvious failing of this strategy is when dealing with your boss. I don't know about you, but I don't have the luxury of telling my boss "Sorry, but I decline to do that task you've requested of me".

The key to paring down your tasks is to prioritize them. In...

United States on Jul 20, 2023

Wild Mallard: This book won't change your life. But the author makes some really good arguments

India on Jun 30, 2023

T. L. Cooper: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown offers encouragement and guidance to approach life from a direction that focuses on what is essential instead of trying to do/be everything. I had been looking forward to reading this book so much I almost started it when it arrived even though I was reading 4 or 5 other books at the time... Yes, I needed a lesson in essentialism. McKeown writes in an easy to understand format and presents some ideas that are quite relatable, yet I couldn't help but feel like this book is written from a place of privilege and therefore isn't as universal as it seems. When McKeown offers the example of a CEO whose doctor suggested he take a year off to address his health issues, I guffawed. Seriously? Who can actually do that? I can't even imagine a doctor making that suggestion. This is only one example of the privilege bleeding off the pages in the anecdotes he shares to make his points. I kept wondering who picks up the slack for the person who decides something isn't essential but that thing still has to get done. Maybe this is because that's my experience in life. I have often been the one left to clean up the messes of people who...

United States on Jun 07, 2023

Trainer Ajith: Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Book Summary : Essentialism is a disciplined, systematic approach for determining where our highest point of contribution lies, then making execution of those things almost effortless.

1. Only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.” Essentialism is about pausing constantly to ask, “Am I investing in the right activities?

2. Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done. It doesn’t mean just doing less for the sake of less either. It is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and energy in order to operate at your highest point of contribution by doing only what is essential.

3. The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default. Instead of making choices reactively, the Essentialist deliberately distinguishes the vital few from the trivial many, eliminates the non-essentials, and then removes obstacles so the essential things have clear, smooth passage. The way of the Essentialist is the path to being...

India on Dec 31, 2021