Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-05-25
Books mentioned on Essentialism Explained: How To Focus On What Matters In Life - Greg McKeown - #175
Greg McKeown is a public speaker, leadership & business strategist and New York Times Bestselling Author. Do you feel busy but not productive?
Chris Williamson recommended Transcend by Scott Barry Kaufman, and discussed Essentialism by Greg McKeown and Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It by Kamal Ravikant.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Essentialism
Essentialism by Greg McKeown is a self-improvement guide that advocates for focusing on the vital few things instead of getting overwhelmed by the trivial many.
Discussed“now this is this is like the problem that essentialism is seeking to address or solve Gregg McEwan”
Where to get it
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Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It by Kamal Ravikant is a self-help memoir and guide that outlines practical, daily self-love routines and positive affirmation practices born from the author's personal recovery from a severe personal crisis.
Discussed“love yourself like your life depends on it I was just about to come out the second version”
Where to get it
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Transcend
Transcend by Scott Barry Kaufman is a comprehensive reexamination of human potential and self-actualization that builds upon and updates the classic psychological theories of Abraham Maslow.
Recommended“Scott Barry Kaufman his new book transcend is is precisely about that He talked”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and that is my probably my biggest insight since writing essentialism is that is that is that people”
“I have found least so saddest too since writing essentialism is how many people will write to me or make a comment online saying I wish I'd read essentialism 20 years ago”
“there's a key story in the book but get into it now but the key story in the book as to what to sensualism that relates to my wife”