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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.

Have you ever found yourself struggling with information overload? Have you ever felt both overworked and underutilised? Do you ever feel busy but not productive? If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is to become an essentialist. In Essentialism, Greg McKeown, CEO of a leadership and strategy agency in Silicon Valley who has run courses at Apple, Google and Facebook, shows you how to achieve what he calls the disciplined pursuit of less.

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less is a self-help book by Greg McKeown. The book outlines a minimalist approach to tasks and obligations by focusing on truly important goals and learning to turn down opportunities that do not directly contribute to meeting those goals. The modern fixation on multitasking and having it all has paradoxically resulted in accomplished, motivated people doing many relatively unimportant things poorly while neglecting their true goals....

This is an audio summary of Essentialism, a book providing strategies on time-management.

If it feels like no aspect of your life is under control, there is a simple solution to help you rein in the chaos and declutter all areas of your life. Get organized and reclaim the focus, energy, and time you've wasted by being cluttered. Lasting change won't happen until you take that first step, using a strategy that works. Give this book a try, and you won't look back!

Please note: This is a summary, analysis, and review of the book and not the original book. Have you ever felt the urge to declutter your work life? Do you often find yourself stretched too thin? The way out is the Way of the Essentialist. Essentialism is not one more thing - it’s a whole new way of doing everything. A must-hear for any leader, manager, or individual who wants to do less, but better, and declutter and organize their own their lives, Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less offers a manual that helps listeners intentionally and ultimately focus on a very few priorities in their lives that are really meaningful and remove those that are nonessential. We all continue saying yes to more opportunities and projects that come our way, even though we are not sure any of them are important or essential to our lives, and we are already overcommitted to deadlines and projects that may in fact be nonessentials.