EP 152: Why Essentialists Get Their Mojo Working and Have Fulfilled Lives - Greg McKeown
Plan your day as an essentialist and get your mojo working
Greg McKeown writes, teaches, and speaks around the world on the importance of living and leading life as an Essentialist. Greg works with leaders of the most innovative companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and is amongst the most popular bloggers for the Harvard Business Review and LinkedIn Influencer group. In this show, we dive into Greg’s paradigm-shifting book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. We live in a world where it’s considered a good thing to take on more and more, thinking it will lead to greater success. Greg argues that this is not the case and that the "everything" approach is a self-sabotaging con.
Here's what we discuss with Greg in this terrific and powerful Rocktober episode:
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Products or companies we discuss are not paid endorsements. They are not sponsored by, nor do we have any professional or affiliate relationship of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show.... sadly! It’s just stuff we like, think is cool and maybe of interest to you our listeners.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
Greg McKeown writes, teaches, and speaks around the world on the importance of living and leading life as an Essentialist. Greg works with leaders of the most innovative companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and is amongst the most popular bloggers for the Harvard Business Review and LinkedIn Influencer group. In this show, we dive into Greg’s paradigm-shifting book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. We live in a world where it’s considered a good thing to take on more and more, thinking it will lead to greater success. Greg argues that this is not the case and that the "everything" approach is a self-sabotaging con.
Here's what we discuss with Greg in this terrific and powerful Rocktober episode:
- When someone asks you what you do, how do you like to reply?
- What’s at the core of Essentialism?
- What is the process of discovering what is essential to you?
- How do we determine what matters at the end of the day?
- What is the "Way of the Essentialist?"
- What is the most significant question we can ask ourselves right now to begin to essentialise?
- How do we know the difference between perceived essential and trivial?
- How to challenge success principles that say "pursue everything, perfectly, right now”
- We are told we can have it all, can we?
- Essentialism is a disciplined pursuit, but are we lacking discipline?
- What to do when one gets off track and default to 'I can't do this, I failed, I am not an essentialist?'
- How do I plan my day as an essentialist?
- Underestimating the time it takes to do things and why we humans are poor at estimating how long things will take.
- Where have we gone wrong with priorities?
- What areas are you looking to improve in your life?
- Essential reading and maximise your learning
- You know your an essentialist when….
- It’s been said that success can lead to a lack of focus, what author Jim Collins called 'the undisciplined pursuit of more.' What’s the way around this?
The Mojo Radio Show - © Gary Bertwistle & Darren Robertson
Products or companies we discuss are not paid endorsements. They are not sponsored by, nor do we have any professional or affiliate relationship of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show.... sadly! It’s just stuff we like, think is cool and maybe of interest to you our listeners.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
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Greg McKeown
http://gregmckeown.com
Bono and The Edge on The Letterman Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xiDTwUs030
Rocktober Rocket Fuel Thanks to Chillibom
https://chillibom.com.au
Rocktober Rocket Fuel Thanks to Bear Brewing Sydney
https://www.bear-brewing.com
The Mojo Radio Show
http://www.themojoradioshow.com
The Mojo Radio Show on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/TheMojoRadioShowPodcast/
The Mojo Radio Show
http://www.themojoradioshow.com
The Mojo Radio Show Answering Machine
08 7200 6656
08 7200 MOJO
The Mojo Radio Show - © Gary Bertwistle & Darren Robertson
Subscribe to ©The Mojo Radio Show by email below...