Greg McKeown

And as we've gone through literally creating a graphical representation of their life from birth to the moment we're having the conversation, in those big mistake moments, the huge things, that have been really, really big, they had a moment of warning and maybe they just were like, oh, I'm still doing it. Don't let the warnings guide you and then play openly within that lane.

This seems something like optimal living to me.

This seems something like optimal living to me.

This seems something like optimal living to me.

Well, look, all wisdom to me is sort of something like the center between two opposing truths. They're both true, but if you go too far in one direction, it will no longer be true and wise. So justice and mercy would be like that. But so would, I think, sort of hard and easy is like that. So if you, for example, if a person is an insecure overachiever,

Well, look, all wisdom to me is sort of something like the center between two opposing truths. They're both true, but if you go too far in one direction, it will no longer be true and wise. So justice and mercy would be like that. But so would, I think, sort of hard and easy is like that. So if you, for example, if a person is an insecure overachiever,

Well, look, all wisdom to me is sort of something like the center between two opposing truths. They're both true, but if you go too far in one direction, it will no longer be true and wise. So justice and mercy would be like that. But so would, I think, sort of hard and easy is like that. So if you, for example, if a person is an insecure overachiever,

they will tend to operate out of a mindset where if it's not hard, I'm doing something wrong. And so they're always pushing, but they can push too far because they've gained a sort of mindset, something like a bad 1980s motivational speaker slash coach. You've got to do 150% and if you don't, then that's not enough and you just got to push further.

they will tend to operate out of a mindset where if it's not hard, I'm doing something wrong. And so they're always pushing, but they can push too far because they've gained a sort of mindset, something like a bad 1980s motivational speaker slash coach. You've got to do 150% and if you don't, then that's not enough and you just got to push further.

they will tend to operate out of a mindset where if it's not hard, I'm doing something wrong. And so they're always pushing, but they can push too far because they've gained a sort of mindset, something like a bad 1980s motivational speaker slash coach. You've got to do 150% and if you don't, then that's not enough and you just got to push further.

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 overachiever's guide to healthy productivity. What does that look like? Is there a way that is actually more optimal, get better results, but without this endless assumption that burnout is the way? Now, you could take it too far, but that's not who I'm writing to.

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 overachiever's guide to healthy productivity. What does that look like? Is there a way that is actually more optimal, get better results, but without this endless assumption that burnout is the way? Now, you could take it too far, but that's not who I'm writing to.

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 overachiever's guide to healthy productivity. What does that look like? Is there a way that is actually more optimal, get better results, but without this endless assumption that burnout is the way? Now, you could take it too far, but that's not who I'm writing to.

I'm writing to those that only default one way. So there's a case study that blew my mind when I read it. The more I got into it, the more some of these ideas... sort of elevated for me. So go back with me to the 1850s and the great expedition of the time, like getting to Mars is ours today. Getting to the moon was the 1960s. This was who's getting to the South Pole.

I'm writing to those that only default one way. So there's a case study that blew my mind when I read it. The more I got into it, the more some of these ideas... sort of elevated for me. So go back with me to the 1850s and the great expedition of the time, like getting to Mars is ours today. Getting to the moon was the 1960s. This was who's getting to the South Pole.

I'm writing to those that only default one way. So there's a case study that blew my mind when I read it. The more I got into it, the more some of these ideas... sort of elevated for me. So go back with me to the 1850s and the great expedition of the time, like getting to Mars is ours today. Getting to the moon was the 1960s. This was who's getting to the South Pole.

And no one had ever done it in all of recorded history. You have Shackleton that tried and failed. That's sort of the most famous failed attempt at doing it. And then after Shackleton, there are two teams that set off on almost the same day, a Norwegian team, a British team. The British leader, the expedition leader, had as a mindset something like maximum effort equals maximum reward.

And no one had ever done it in all of recorded history. You have Shackleton that tried and failed. That's sort of the most famous failed attempt at doing it. And then after Shackleton, there are two teams that set off on almost the same day, a Norwegian team, a British team. The British leader, the expedition leader, had as a mindset something like maximum effort equals maximum reward.

And no one had ever done it in all of recorded history. You have Shackleton that tried and failed. That's sort of the most famous failed attempt at doing it. And then after Shackleton, there are two teams that set off on almost the same day, a Norwegian team, a British team. The British leader, the expedition leader, had as a mindset something like maximum effort equals maximum reward.

And so he translates that like this. Day one, we'll go 30, 40, even 50 miles if we can. We will maximize the distance because obviously, if you maximize the distance each day, you'll get to the South Pole faster than the Norwegian team. So that's what he starts. Day one, day two, day three is like that. Then they get really bad weather.