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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less QUOTES

21 " I’m sorry. We’re not going to do a thousand different things that really won’t contribute much to the end result we are trying to achieve.’  "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

22 " Charles Duhigg, author of the book The Power of Habit. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

23 " choice is an action. It is not just something we have but something we do. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

24 " In The Tao of Warren Buffett, Mary Buffett and David Clark explain: “Warren decided early in his career it would be impossible for him to make hundreds of right investment decisions, so he decided that he would invest only in the businesses that he was absolutely sure of, and then bet heavily on them. He owes 90% of his wealth to just ten investments. Sometimes what you don’t do is just as important as what you do. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

25 " Once an Australian nurse named Bronnie Ware, who cared for people in the last twelve weeks of their lives, recorded their most often discussed regrets. At the top of the list: “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

26 " The overwhelming reality is: we live in a world where almost everything is worthless and a very few things are exceptionally valuable. As John Maxwell has written, “You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

27 " The Nonessentialist operates under the false logic that the more he strives, the more he will achieve, but the reality is, the more we reach for the stars, the harder it is to get ourselves off the ground. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

28 " the faster and busier things get, the more we need to build thinking time into our schedule. And the noisier things get, the more we need to build quiet reflection spaces in which we can truly focus. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

29 " To embrace the essence of Essentialism requires we replace these false assumptions with three core truths: “I choose to,” “Only a few things really matter,” and “I can do anything but not everything.” These simple truths awaken us from our nonessential stupor. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

30 " EVERY DAY DO SOMETHING THAT WILL INCH YOU CLOSER TO A BETTER TOMORROW. —Doug Firebaugh Think "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

31 " I had just learned a crucial lesson: certain types of effort yield higher rewards than others. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

32 " 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 nonessentials, and then removes obstacles so the essential things have clear, smooth passage. In other words, Essentialism is a disciplined, systematic approach for determining where our highest point of contribution lies, then making execution of those things almost effortless. The "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

33 " The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed singular for the next five hundred years. Only in the 1900s did we pluralise the term and start talking about priorities. Illogically, we reasoned that by changing the word we could bend reality. Somehow we would now be able to have multiple “first” things. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

34 " Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn, for example, schedules up to two hours of blank space on his calendar every day. He divides them into thirty-minute increments, yet he schedules nothing. It is a simple practice he developed when back-to-back meetings left him with little time to process what was going on around him.4 At first it felt like an indulgence, a waste of time. But eventually he found it to be his single most valuable productivity tool. He sees it as the primary way he can ensure he is in charge of his own day, instead of being at the mercy of it. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

35 " Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions, "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

36 " 1. The awkward pause. Instead of being controlled by the threat of an awkward silence, own it. Use it as a tool. When a request comes to you (obviously this works only in person), just pause for a moment. Count to three before delivering your verdict. Or if you get a bit more bold, simply wait for the other person to fill the void. 2. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

37 " 2. The soft “no” (or the “no but”). I recently received an e-mail inviting me to coffee. I replied: “I am consumed with writing my book right now :) But I would love to get together once the book is finished. Let me know if we can get together towards the end of the summer.” E-mail "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

38 " 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 nonessentials, and then removes obstacles so the essential things have clear, smooth passage. In "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

39 " Our highest priority is to protect our ability to prioritize. "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

40 " IT’S ALL GOOD (WHICH IS BAD) "

― Greg McKeown , Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less