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  1. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    described as doing things we detest, to buy things we don't
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  2. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    I choose to," "Only a few things really matter," and "I can do anything but not everything.
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  3. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    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 pluralize 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. People and companies routinely try to do just that. One leader told me of his experience in a company that talked of "Pri-1, Pri-2, Pri-3, Pri-4, and Pri-5." This gave the impression of many things being the priority but actually meant nothing was.
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  4. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    It leads to what I call "the paradox of success,"2 which can be summed up in four predictable phases: PHASE 1: When we really have clarity of purpose, it enables us to succeed at our endeavor. PHASE 2: When we have success, we gain a reputation as a "go to" person. We become "good old {insert name}," who is always there when you need him, and we are presented with increased options and opportunities. PHASE 3: When we have increased options and opportunities, which is actually code for demands upon our time and energies, it leads to diffused efforts. We get spread thinner and thinner. PHASE 4: We become distracted from what would otherwise be our highest level of contribution. The effect of our success has been to undermine the very clarity that led to our success in the first place.
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  5. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    Multitasking itself is not the enemy of Essentialism; pretending we can "multi focus " is.
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  6. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    to operate at your highest level of contribution requires that you deliberately tune in to what is important in the here and now.
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  7. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    Without clarity and purpose, pursuing something because it is good is not good enough to make a high level of contribution.
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  8. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    Of all the things that can boost emotions, motivation, and perceptions during a workday, the single most important is making progress in meaningful work," they said. 5
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  9. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    To harness the courage we need to get on the right path, it pays to reflect on how short life really is and what we want to accomplish in the little time we have left. As poet Mary Oliver wrote: "Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?" 12
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  10. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will.
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  11. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    If you don't prioritise your life, someone else will.
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  12. Greg McKeown _ Essentialism: The Disciplined

    We can't have it all or do it all. If we could, there would be no reason to evaluate or eliminate options. Once we accept the reality of trade-offs we stop asking, "How can I make it all work?" and start asking the more honest question "Which problem do I want to solve?"
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