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Every book Greg McKeown recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Greg McKeown appears on, in one place — not just one.
Greg McKeown is a podcast guest who appears on programs such as The Tim Ferriss Show and Modern Wisdom. He recommended several books, including Joseph Tainter's The Collapse of Complex Societies, which he praised as a brilliant work about how societies become fragile. Chris Williamson also brought up McKeown's own book, Essentialism, praising it as a foundational personal development recommendation. McKeown further discussed Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning to explore the concept of meaning, and mentioned how prominent figures like Steve Harvey received copies of Essentialism. Additionally, he brought up Jon Acuff's Soundtracks to illustrate how negative mental loops interfere with performance, mentioned Benjamin Hardy's Who Not How during a discussion about networking and delegation, and shared a key insight he gained since writing his own book.
Books recommended by Greg McKeown
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Essentialism
Essentialism by Greg McKeown is a guide to the disciplined pursuit of less, focusing energy on the vital few rather than the trivial many.
Discussed“so you know there are these you know so so Steve Harvey gets a copy of it it's his favorite book and so we end up doing a bunch of interesting things together”
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The Collapse of Complex Societies
The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph Tainter is an influential historical and anthropological study that examines why great civilizations rise, become increasingly intricate, and ultimately fall apart.
Recommended“it's a brilliant book written about this by Joseph tainer called the the collapse of complex Societies in which he says look all societies become fragile because they solve problems that add too much complexity”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Discussed“so let's say the most famous person you know in the world about meaning would be Victor Frankle in his in his creation of logo therapy out of the Nazi Germany con conentration camps he's a psychologist and a Jew and he's going through those experiences and he he you know crafts his story and man search for meaning MH”
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Soundtracks
Discussed“i just was talking to john um acuff who's just come out with a book called soundtracks and he's basically saying we have all these negative soundtracks in our mind that get in the way”
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Who Not How
Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy's Who Not How is a transformative productivity and leadership book that shifts the mindset from asking how to accomplish tasks independently to finding who can do them instead.
Discussed“i had benjamin hardy on the what's essential podcast and he said he just wrote a book called who not how awesome episode i really enjoyed that”
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Books Greg McKeown wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (9: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And I remember that this goes back to when I'm 10 years old and maybe Return of the Jedi came out as one of the Star Wars movies. And my older brother, one of my older brothers, had said to me in passing...”
“One thing that I find interesting about this is the concept of essentialism itself, which includes an idea known as the paradox of success.”
“Some of these moments are a bit strange, but humbling, too, because I can feel that every year, essentialism connects with more people than the year before.”
“In the last ten years since I published essentialism, the lead characteristic of the information age was distraction, but the lead characteristic of this new era is disorientation.”
“and that was one of the reasons that I wrote the book effortless was as an antidote to that you can think about it like an insecure overachievers guide to healthy productivity”
“um look essentialism 10 year anniversary that's uh that's updated of course the essentialism planner”
“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”