Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Greg McKeown

Apr 2014 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Greg McKeown

About this audiobook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than one million copies sold! Essentialism isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done.

“A timely, essential read for anyone who feels overcommitted, overloaded, or overworked.”—Adam Grant

Have you ever:
• found yourself stretched too thin?
• simultaneously felt overworked and underutilized?
• felt busy but not productive?
• felt like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s agendas?
 
If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist. 
 
Essentialism is more than a time-management strategy or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter.
 
By forcing us to apply more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy—instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us.
 
Essentialism is not one more thing—it’s a whole new way of doing everything. It’s about doing less, but better, in every area of our lives. Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.

Ratings and reviews

Great audiobook that shares some smart lessons on taking control of your life through the choices you make and much more. I definitely recommend it.

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐎 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃, 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐓 ! 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐈 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐓!!!

Great book! I actually now want a physical or ebook copy because it has so many good quotes.

About the author

Greg McKeown writes, teaches, and speaks around the world on the importance of living and leading as an Essentialist. He has spoken at companies including Apple, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com, Symantec, and Twitter and is among the most popular bloggers for the Harvard Business Review and LinkedIn Influencer’s group. He co-created the course, Designing Life, Essentially  at Stanford University, was a collaborator of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Multipliers and serves as a Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum. He holds an MBA from Stanford University.