“choice is an action. It is not just something we have but something we do.” — Greg McKeown Action Copy Share Image
“What do I feel deeply inspired by?” and “What am I particularly talented at?” and “What meets a significant need in the… — Greg McKeown Inspiration Copy Share Image
One of the best ways to seed an opportunity is to allow someone to discover the opportunity for him- or herself. — Greg McKeown Best way Copy Share Image
Play stimulates the parts of the brain involved in both careful, logical reasoning and carefree, unbound exploration. — Greg McKeown Brain Copy Share Image
“When you say yes to something nonessential, you are saying no to something essential” — Greg McKeown Diplomat Copy Share Image
I think we’ve been oversold the value of more and undersold the value of less. — Greg McKeown Inspirational Copy Share Image
“I have worked tirelessly to understand why so many bright, smart, capable individuals remain snared in the death grip of the nonessential.” — Greg McKeown Death Copy Share Image
“getting more out of less space. He named it, appropriately, LifeEdited.com.” — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“Life will become less about efficiently crossing off what was on your to-do list or rushing through everything on your schedule and… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“2. The soft “no” (or the “no but”). I recently received an e-mail inviting me to coffee. I replied: “I am consumed… — Greg McKeown Books Copy Share Image
“are vital. The way of the Essentialist involves learning to tell the difference—learning to filter through all those options and selecting only… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“MOST OF WHAT EXISTS IN THE UNIVERSE—OUR ACTIONS, AND ALL OTHER FORCES, RESOURCES, AND IDEAS—HAS LITTLE VALUE AND YIELDS LITTLE RESULT; ON… — Greg McKeown Physics Copy Share Image
“The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing.… — Greg McKeown English language Copy Share Image
“What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance? What if instead we celebrated how much time we had… — Greg McKeown People in our lives Copy Share Image
“so they will arrive late. So what should he do? The answer, Alex finds, is to do anything and everything to make… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“Of course, nobody likes to be bored. But by abolishing any chance of being bored we have also lost the times we… — Greg McKeown Boredom Copy Share Image
“The results of this research were startling: when there was a high level of clarity of purpose, the teams and the people… — Greg McKeown Clarity Copy Share Image
“Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done. It doesn’t mean… — Greg McKeown Contribution Copy Share Image
“The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing.… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“seen people trapped by controlling managers and unaware that they do not “have to” do all the thankless busywork they are asked… — Greg McKeown Management Copy Share Image
“Most creative individuals find out early what their best rhythms are for sleeping, eating, and working, and abide by them even when… — Greg McKeown Creativity Copy Share Image
“I have since gathered data from more than five hundred individuals about their experience on more than one thousand teams. I asked… — Greg McKeown Clarity Copy Share Image
“Have you ever felt stuck because you believed you did not really have a choice? Have you ever felt the stress that… — Greg McKeown Choice Copy Share Image
There should be no shame in admitting to a mistake; after all, we really are only admitting that we are now wiser… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
I think we are in a non-essentialist bubble—everything seems important—so of course nothing is. — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
Take a deep breath. Get present in the moment and ask yourself what is important this very second. — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“EVERY DAY DO SOMETHING THAT WILL INCH YOU CLOSER TO A BETTER TOMORROW. —Doug Firebaugh Think” — Greg McKeown Better tomorrow Copy Share Image
Done right, a strategic intent is really one decision that makes 1,000 decisions. — Greg McKeown Decision Copy Share Image
“Sleep will enhance your ability to explore, make connections, and do less but better throughout your waking hours.” — Greg McKeown Sleep Copy Share Image
“A true Essentialist, Peter Drucker believed that “people are effective because they say no.” — Greg Mckeown Simplicity Copy Share Image
“For the first time, they will have to manage themselves. And society is totally unprepared for it.”4” — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“Is there a point at which doing less (but thinking more) will actually produce better outcomes?” — Greg McKeown Thinking Copy Share Image
“to have a VERY BIG waste paper basket to take care of ALL invitations such as yours—productivity in my experience consists of… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
We often think of choice as a thing. But a choice is not a thing. Our options may be things, but a… — Greg McKeown Action Copy Share Image
“only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“It is about pausing constantly to ask, “Am I investing in the right activities?” There are far more activities and opportunities in… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
