Greg McKeown

that's more like thinking you're in a coal mine your whole life and then waking up one morning and going, oh, I've never have been in a coal mine. It's always been a diamond mine. Well, how would that shift all of your behavior? I have to operate differently now.

that's more like thinking you're in a coal mine your whole life and then waking up one morning and going, oh, I've never have been in a coal mine. It's always been a diamond mine. Well, how would that shift all of your behavior? I have to operate differently now.

I have to figure, get really good at finding the diamonds, pausing, thinking, reflecting, exploring, pushing everything aside that isn't the diamond. Well, that's just not, I'm not going to focus on that. I need to find the thing that really matters. And I don't know why it's the case, but I absolutely observe like it's a reality in all human systems and all circumstances that you have.

I have to figure, get really good at finding the diamonds, pausing, thinking, reflecting, exploring, pushing everything aside that isn't the diamond. Well, that's just not, I'm not going to focus on that. I need to find the thing that really matters. And I don't know why it's the case, but I absolutely observe like it's a reality in all human systems and all circumstances that you have.

I have to figure, get really good at finding the diamonds, pausing, thinking, reflecting, exploring, pushing everything aside that isn't the diamond. Well, that's just not, I'm not going to focus on that. I need to find the thing that really matters. And I don't know why it's the case, but I absolutely observe like it's a reality in all human systems and all circumstances that you have.

I think about it now like an onion of human systems. You have the noise and trivia at the edge. As you move in, you get towards a bit more important. It's a little more, you know, you have to be a little more careful around it because it's a little more intimate. And then at the very center of it, you have things that are so vulnerable, so disproportionately important. They're everything.

I think about it now like an onion of human systems. You have the noise and trivia at the edge. As you move in, you get towards a bit more important. It's a little more, you know, you have to be a little more careful around it because it's a little more intimate. And then at the very center of it, you have things that are so vulnerable, so disproportionately important. They're everything.

I think about it now like an onion of human systems. You have the noise and trivia at the edge. As you move in, you get towards a bit more important. It's a little more, you know, you have to be a little more careful around it because it's a little more intimate. And then at the very center of it, you have things that are so vulnerable, so disproportionately important. They're everything.

This is how I think it is. I think that's true in a personal life. I think it's true in a relationship. I think it's true on a team, an organization, a country. At every level of human system, this strange phenomenon seems to exist. And so once you discover that, once you understand that, I think your life changes completely, irrevocably. At least that's what happened to me.

This is how I think it is. I think that's true in a personal life. I think it's true in a relationship. I think it's true on a team, an organization, a country. At every level of human system, this strange phenomenon seems to exist. And so once you discover that, once you understand that, I think your life changes completely, irrevocably. At least that's what happened to me.

This is how I think it is. I think that's true in a personal life. I think it's true in a relationship. I think it's true on a team, an organization, a country. At every level of human system, this strange phenomenon seems to exist. And so once you discover that, once you understand that, I think your life changes completely, irrevocably. At least that's what happened to me.

Yeah, I can teach people how to do it in six minutes, which is really cool. But I mean, not to teach them in six minutes. I mean, they can learn to do it themselves every day in six minutes. And I learned it in some ways from someone I interviewed on my podcast. And what happened to her is that she'd started a new business and she woke up at like three in the morning, hyperventilating.

Yeah, I can teach people how to do it in six minutes, which is really cool. But I mean, not to teach them in six minutes. I mean, they can learn to do it themselves every day in six minutes. And I learned it in some ways from someone I interviewed on my podcast. And what happened to her is that she'd started a new business and she woke up at like three in the morning, hyperventilating.

Yeah, I can teach people how to do it in six minutes, which is really cool. But I mean, not to teach them in six minutes. I mean, they can learn to do it themselves every day in six minutes. And I learned it in some ways from someone I interviewed on my podcast. And what happened to her is that she'd started a new business and she woke up at like three in the morning, hyperventilating.

Oh my goodness, what have I done? I've just quit this job. I'm not yet earning sufficient income. She's just in that panic mode. And quite spontaneously, what she does is she grabs this huge sheet of paper that she plans to throw away. So it's just like

Oh my goodness, what have I done? I've just quit this job. I'm not yet earning sufficient income. She's just in that panic mode. And quite spontaneously, what she does is she grabs this huge sheet of paper that she plans to throw away. So it's just like

Oh my goodness, what have I done? I've just quit this job. I'm not yet earning sufficient income. She's just in that panic mode. And quite spontaneously, what she does is she grabs this huge sheet of paper that she plans to throw away. So it's just like

And maybe if I just get all of the noise out of my head and just free write, and she's just messy and it's crazy and it's chaotic and it's, you know, let's say she's swearing all the way through it. And it's just like, you know, it's not for anyone. Not even in a sense, it wasn't even for her. She's just like pouring it out.

And maybe if I just get all of the noise out of my head and just free write, and she's just messy and it's crazy and it's chaotic and it's, you know, let's say she's swearing all the way through it. And it's just like, you know, it's not for anyone. Not even in a sense, it wasn't even for her. She's just like pouring it out.

And maybe if I just get all of the noise out of my head and just free write, and she's just messy and it's crazy and it's chaotic and it's, you know, let's say she's swearing all the way through it. And it's just like, you know, it's not for anyone. Not even in a sense, it wasn't even for her. She's just like pouring it out.