"I think we’ve been oversold the value of……" — Greg McKeown
"I think we’ve been oversold the value of more and undersold the value of less."
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17 Quotes by Greg McKeown
Greg McKeown has 17 quotes on this site.
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The ability to choose cannot be taken away or even given away-it can only be forgotten.
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Essentialism is not about how to get more things done, it's about how to the get the right things done.…
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Remember that if you don’t prioritize your life someone else will.
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We often think of choice as a thing. But a choice is not a thing. Our options may be things,…
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There should be no shame in admitting to a mistake; after all, we really are only admitting that we are…
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We overvalue nonessentials like a nicer car or house, or even intangibles like the number of our followers on Twitter…
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The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default. Instead of making choices reactively, the Essentialist deliberately…
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Essentialism: only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone,…
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If I didn’t already own this, how much would I spend to buy it?
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The word priority was singular for 500 years—what does priorities mean—'many many first things.'
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I think we are in a non-essentialist bubble—everything seems important—so of course nothing is.
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If it isn't a clear yes, then it's a clear no.
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