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Greg McKeown

Produce More by Removing More: The Disciplined Pursuit of Essentialism

Aristotle talked about three kinds of work: theoretical, practical, and poetical. The first searches for truth. The second is practical with an objective around action. The third, however, is lost in …

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How Play Enriches Our Creative Capacity

“Play doesn’t just help us to explore what is essential. It is essential in and of itself.” — Greg McKeown *** The value of playing cannot be over-stated. From Einstein and Seneca to Steve …

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Learned Helplessness

“The ability to choose cannot be taken away or even given away it can only be forgotten.” That Sounds like something Victor Frankel would say. However, it’s Greg McKeown in …

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The Difference Between Losing and Being Beaten

Not every time you lose, are you beaten. And not every time you win, did you win. There is a difference between losing and being beaten, and it comes down to you. From Essentialism: The Disciplined …

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Eight Ways to Say No With Grace and Style

In a world of more requests than we can possibly fulfill, learning how to say no with grace and style is a skill we all need. We should be saying no more than we say yes, although the opposite is …

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The clarity paradox — why success is a catalyst for failure

Greg McKeown explains why successful people don’t become very successful in The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. Why don’t successful people and organizations automatically become very …

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