Greg McKeown

I think every phase of life and every phase, if you wish to get to a higher point of contribution, you have to take your life into your hands, take responsibility for it and be courageous, which means that if you want to keep making progress, you're sort of living in a state of I don't know, like not comfort with discomfort, but you're certainly familiar with it all the time.

And the alternative is sort of slowly dying. So it's not like you're either on the edge of your ability and facing the fear and taking new risks so that you can have the great adventure continue. Or you're just slowly dying in whatever level of success a person happens to be at. So, yeah, it's like those are two tough choices.

And the alternative is sort of slowly dying. So it's not like you're either on the edge of your ability and facing the fear and taking new risks so that you can have the great adventure continue. Or you're just slowly dying in whatever level of success a person happens to be at. So, yeah, it's like those are two tough choices.

And the alternative is sort of slowly dying. So it's not like you're either on the edge of your ability and facing the fear and taking new risks so that you can have the great adventure continue. Or you're just slowly dying in whatever level of success a person happens to be at. So, yeah, it's like those are two tough choices.

It's such a rich question if I tried to just answer it honestly. I mean, it's obviously been completely life-changing for me. You know, it's enabled me to operate in a certain kind of rarefied air. You know, in a quite humbling way, it has become sort of a part of the zeitgeist, a part of Americana in a certain way. And so...

It's such a rich question if I tried to just answer it honestly. I mean, it's obviously been completely life-changing for me. You know, it's enabled me to operate in a certain kind of rarefied air. You know, in a quite humbling way, it has become sort of a part of the zeitgeist, a part of Americana in a certain way. And so...

It's such a rich question if I tried to just answer it honestly. I mean, it's obviously been completely life-changing for me. You know, it's enabled me to operate in a certain kind of rarefied air. You know, in a quite humbling way, it has become sort of a part of the zeitgeist, a part of Americana in a certain way. And 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 ended up doing a bunch of interesting things together. And Maria Shriver, former first lady of California, you know, she, she was given a copy and she's giving them out at her famous Sunday luncheons.

you know, there are these, you know, so, so Steve Harvey gets a copy of it. It's his favorite book. And so we ended up doing a bunch of interesting things together. And Maria Shriver, former first lady of California, you know, she, she was given a copy and she's giving them out at her famous Sunday luncheons.

you know, there are these, you know, so, so Steve Harvey gets a copy of it. It's his favorite book. And so we ended up doing a bunch of interesting things together. And Maria Shriver, former first lady of California, you know, she, she was given a copy and she's giving them out at her famous Sunday luncheons.

And Kanye was missing one time and wherever he was, he had a copy of essentialism because that's what, you know, that's what he posted on social media. And then when he was on Rogan, he's like, uh, He's like, yeah, I'm an essentialist now. And so these moments are a bit – some of those are a bit strange, but it's also humbling because – because the movement has just begun.

And Kanye was missing one time and wherever he was, he had a copy of essentialism because that's what, you know, that's what he posted on social media. And then when he was on Rogan, he's like, uh, He's like, yeah, I'm an essentialist now. And so these moments are a bit – some of those are a bit strange, but it's also humbling because – because the movement has just begun.

And Kanye was missing one time and wherever he was, he had a copy of essentialism because that's what, you know, that's what he posted on social media. And then when he was on Rogan, he's like, uh, He's like, yeah, I'm an essentialist now. And so these moments are a bit – some of those are a bit strange, but it's also humbling because – because the movement has just begun.

And I can feel that, that every year there are more people that essentialism reaches than the year before. There are more stories coming of people that really do feel like it's changed their life, which is always a, you know, that's, that's its own sort of strange experience. And so maybe to your question about what's changed, I mean, Let me try and offer two things to that.

And I can feel that, that every year there are more people that essentialism reaches than the year before. There are more stories coming of people that really do feel like it's changed their life, which is always a, you know, that's, that's its own sort of strange experience. And so maybe to your question about what's changed, I mean, Let me try and offer two things to that.

And I can feel that, that every year there are more people that essentialism reaches than the year before. There are more stories coming of people that really do feel like it's changed their life, which is always a, you know, that's, that's its own sort of strange experience. And so maybe to your question about what's changed, I mean, Let me try and offer two things to that.

One thing that's changed is I really believe now that people do need the tool set to go with the mindset. And I wasn't convinced of that 10 years ago. In fact, I was under contract to create, which you know about this new tool, the Essentialism Planner. I was under contract 10 years ago to create that, started working on it for a couple of months and just was like, no, I don't think this...

One thing that's changed is I really believe now that people do need the tool set to go with the mindset. And I wasn't convinced of that 10 years ago. In fact, I was under contract to create, which you know about this new tool, the Essentialism Planner. I was under contract 10 years ago to create that, started working on it for a couple of months and just was like, no, I don't think this...

One thing that's changed is I really believe now that people do need the tool set to go with the mindset. And I wasn't convinced of that 10 years ago. In fact, I was under contract to create, which you know about this new tool, the Essentialism Planner. I was under contract 10 years ago to create that, started working on it for a couple of months and just was like, no, I don't think this...

Nobody needs this. And there's so many planners and journals and this kind of thing out there. I don't want to create it just because, okay, essentialism did well, so now we have to do this. So I uncommitted from the contract, went away from it, carried on in my own life every single day doing some kind of written in paper and pen journaling and planning. And I don't think I've missed a day