Greg McKeown

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

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

I mean, in the last 10 years, I don't think I've missed a day. And in the process, found eventually this way of using a few minutes every day that I thought was so optimal and so supportive of essentialism, I was like, actually, maybe a plant of wood could really help people.

I mean, in the last 10 years, I don't think I've missed a day. And in the process, found eventually this way of using a few minutes every day that I thought was so optimal and so supportive of essentialism, I was like, actually, maybe a plant of wood could really help people.

I mean, in the last 10 years, I don't think I've missed a day. And in the process, found eventually this way of using a few minutes every day that I thought was so optimal and so supportive of essentialism, I was like, actually, maybe a plant of wood could really help people.

And so that's one of the shifts that's happened for me is you need the mindset, but now I actually believe a tool set makes a big difference for people. Maybe it's for people that aren't thinking about essentialism as much as I am, which is like everybody. For them, they just want the tool. Give me the tool. Give me the best of what you've learned. And so that's one big change, I would say.

And so that's one of the shifts that's happened for me is you need the mindset, but now I actually believe a tool set makes a big difference for people. Maybe it's for people that aren't thinking about essentialism as much as I am, which is like everybody. For them, they just want the tool. Give me the tool. Give me the best of what you've learned. And so that's one big change, I would say.

And so that's one of the shifts that's happened for me is you need the mindset, but now I actually believe a tool set makes a big difference for people. Maybe it's for people that aren't thinking about essentialism as much as I am, which is like everybody. For them, they just want the tool. Give me the tool. Give me the best of what you've learned. And so that's one big change, I would say.

You said there was a second one. Yeah, I was trying to remember. Oh, yeah, I know what I was going to say about that. So... I think we've shifted eras. Okay, so if you say agrarian age, industrial age, information age, I think in the 10 years since I published Essentialism, we've shifted to an influencer age. And that's a non-trivial shift. So...

You said there was a second one. Yeah, I was trying to remember. Oh, yeah, I know what I was going to say about that. So... I think we've shifted eras. Okay, so if you say agrarian age, industrial age, information age, I think in the 10 years since I published Essentialism, we've shifted to an influencer age. And that's a non-trivial shift. So...

You said there was a second one. Yeah, I was trying to remember. Oh, yeah, I know what I was going to say about that. So... I think we've shifted eras. Okay, so if you say agrarian age, industrial age, information age, I think in the 10 years since I published Essentialism, we've shifted to an influencer age. And that's a non-trivial shift. So...

If you say, okay, the lead characteristic of the information age was distraction, then the lead characteristic in this new age is disorientation. And while I think that those are sort of similar in some ways, I think that this new is much more foundationally challenging. And the word that I think would have been relevant 10 years ago but is different when I talk to people about it now is noise.

If you say, okay, the lead characteristic of the information age was distraction, then the lead characteristic in this new age is disorientation. And while I think that those are sort of similar in some ways, I think that this new is much more foundationally challenging. And the word that I think would have been relevant 10 years ago but is different when I talk to people about it now is noise.

If you say, okay, the lead characteristic of the information age was distraction, then the lead characteristic in this new age is disorientation. And while I think that those are sort of similar in some ways, I think that this new is much more foundationally challenging. And the word that I think would have been relevant 10 years ago but is different when I talk to people about it now is noise.

Everybody's buried in noise. And so it's the ability to eliminate noise. It's the ability to not just eliminate though, synthesize noise. so that you can connect the dots through it like it's raw material from which to create something meaningful. These skills now seem to me primary in a way that even 10 years ago, I wouldn't have said that.

Everybody's buried in noise. And so it's the ability to eliminate noise. It's the ability to not just eliminate though, synthesize noise. so that you can connect the dots through it like it's raw material from which to create something meaningful. These skills now seem to me primary in a way that even 10 years ago, I wouldn't have said that.

Everybody's buried in noise. And so it's the ability to eliminate noise. It's the ability to not just eliminate though, synthesize noise. so that you can connect the dots through it like it's raw material from which to create something meaningful. These skills now seem to me primary in a way that even 10 years ago, I wouldn't have said that.

Well, my brother certainly would call me a Cassandra, so I don't know. I mean, maybe there's something to that.

Well, my brother certainly would call me a Cassandra, so I don't know. I mean, maybe there's something to that.

Well, my brother certainly would call me a Cassandra, so I don't know. I mean, maybe there's something to that.