How to Live a Life of Pure Meaning — Essentialism by Greg McKeown (BOOK OUTLINE)
About Essentialism
In this personal development book by Greg McKeown, the author focuses on, as the subtitle states, “the disciplined pursuit of less.” McKeown discusses the importance of cutting out non-essentials to distill the most purposeful, targeted lifestyle, focusing on depth, intensity, and quality of life over broad, unfocused, unproductive living.
McKeown separates people into two categories: Essentialists and Non-Essentialists, and in each chapter goes through what makes Essentialists different from their Non-Essentialist counterparts. Topics the book covers includes: choice, sleep, discernment, play, saying “no,” small wins, and more.
CHAPTER 1: The Essentialist
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials — Lin Yu Tang
- Evaluate requests using a tough criteria: Is this the MOST important thing I should be doing with my time/resources right now?
- People can respect you MORE for your refusal than less.
