Bücher von Greg McKeown

Have you ever found yourself struggling with information overload? Have you ever felt both overworked and underutilised? Do you ever feel busy but not productive? If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is to become an Essentialist. In Essentialism, Greg McKeown, CEO of a Leadership and Strategy agency in Silicon Valley who has run courses at Apple, Google and Facebook, shows you how to achieve what he calls the disciplined pursuit of less. Being an Essentialist is about a disciplined way of thinking. It means challenging the core assumption of We can have it all and I have to do everything and replacing it with the pursuit of the right thing, in the right way, at the right time'.By applying a more selective criteria for what is essential, the pursuit of less allows us to regain control of our own choices so we can channel our time, energy and effort into making the highest possible contribution toward the goals and activities that matter. Using the experience and insight of working with the leaders of the most innovative companies and organisations in the world, McKeown shows you how to put Essentialism into practice in your own life, so you too can achieve something great.

'In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown's work is essential' -- Daniel H. Pink 'Effortless shows that achieving more doesn't have to be as hard as we make it out to be' -- Arianna HuffingtonNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard. The intricacy of modern life has created a false dichotomy between things that are 'hard and important,' and those that are 'easy and trivial.' Everything has become so much harder than it ought to be. But, Greg McKeown, bestselling author of Essentialism, says, there is a third alternative.In Effortless, he offers practical tools for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out. Honed over the better part of a decade, these strategies include: Turning tedious tasks into enjoyable rituals Preventing frustration by solving problems before they arise Setting a sustainable pace instead of powering through Making one-time choices that eliminate many future decisions Making relationships easier to maintain and manage And much more McKeown's philosophy of essentialism has helped thousands to recognise that the effortless way isn't the lazy way. It's the smart way. Not every hard thing in life can be made easy but we can make it easier to do more of what matters most. Effortless will show you how.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year • From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard. "In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown's work is essential."-Daniel H. Pink, author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human "At a time when fear, uncertainty, and our ever-growing list of responsibilities have come to feel like much too much to handle, Effortless couldn't be timelier, or more necessary."-Eve Rodsky, author of Fair PlayDo you ever feel like:• You're teetering right on the edge of burnout?• You want to make a higher contribution, but lack the energy? • You're running faster but not moving closer to your goals? • Everything is so much harder than it used to be? As high achievers, we've been conditioned to believe that the path to success is paved with relentless work. That if we want to overachieve, we have to overexert, overthink, and overdo. That if we aren't perpetually exhausted, we're not doing enough. But lately, working hard is more exhausting than ever. And the more depleted we get, the more effort it takes to make progress. Stuck in an endless loop of "Zoom, eat, sleep, repeat," we're often working twice as hard to achieve half as much. Getting ahead doesn't have to be as hard as we make it. No matter what challenges or obstacles we face, there is a better way: instead of pushing ourselves harder, we can find an easier path. Effortless offers actionable advice for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out. Effortless teaches you how to:• Turn tedious tasks into enjoyable rituals • Prevent frustration by solving problems before they arise • Set a sustainable pace instead of powering through • Make one-time choices that eliminate many future decisions • Simplify your processes by removing unnecessary steps• Make relationships easier to maintain and manage• And much more The effortless way isn't the lazy way. It's the smart way. It may even be the only way. Not every hard thing in life can be made easy. But we can make it easier to do more of what matters most.

Sich nicht zu verzetteln und mit ganzem Herzen das zu verfolgen, was wirklich wichtig ist: Das ist der Weg des Essentialisten. Der Google-Coach und Bestseller-Autor Greg McKeown teilt in diesem Buch seine Erfahrungen im Umgang mit den Top-Managern der erfolgreichsten Unternehmer dieser Welt um zu zeigen, wie man mit Weniger sehr viel mehr erreichen kann. Die Strategie von McKeown, der Weg des Essentialisten, hat schon Viele aus dem Griff der Belanglosigkeiten und konstanten Überforderung befreit. Die Geheimformel: Weniger, aber besser! In vier praktischen Schritten zeigt McKeown, der nach der Promotion in Stanford eine Firma für Strategie und Leadership im Silicon Valley gegründet hat, auszusortieren und die richtigen Fragen zu stellen, die Energie auf das zu lenken, was wirklich zählt. Dabei ist sein Buch keine neue Zeitmanagementstrategie oder Produktivitätstechnik. Es geht vielmehr darum, das Wesentliche vom Unwesentlichen zu unterscheiden und mit Disziplin das zu verfolgen, was die eigene größte Stärke ist. Der schöne Nebeneffekt: endlich wieder glücklich zu sein, mehr Freude am Arbeitsplatz zu haben und auch privat erfüllter zu leben. Statt tausend Belanglosigkeiten eine wesentliche Sache bewegen. Und Entscheidungen zu treffen, die neue Maßstäbe setzen - entspannt, statt ausgebrannt. Eine Schatzkiste zurück zu einem selbstbestimmten, erfüllten Leben! "McKeowns exzellentes Buch ist ein unverzichtbares Gegengift gegen Stress, Burnout und den inneren Zwang, "alles tun zu müssen". Es ist eine unerlässliche Lektüre für alle, die die Kontrolle über ihre Gesundheit und ihr Wohlergehen wiedererlangen und zu mehr Zufriedenheit und innerer Ausgeglichenheit finden möchten." -Arianna Huffington, Mitbegründerin und Chefredakteurin der Huffington Post Media Group