My Review 2/5

Full disclosure I couldn’t bring myself to finish this book beyond the introduction. McKeown does the reader a great service and summarizes his main points in the introduction. I found the The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less a far superior book in both backing information (Pareto principle) and writing style.

Having said that, if you haven’t read “The 80/20 Principle” this book is as follows:
* Find the vital few things that you are passionate about and can do the most to further
* Say no to everything else

There are many approaches to deciding on this. Some other books that touch on this include Eat That Frog! and Who Moved My Cheese?. I’m not saying this book is poor, just that with the above reading it’s repetitive.

Date Read

2017/02/01

Date Added

2017/02/01

Goodreads book information

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18119443

Bookshelves: personal-development, did-not-finish

Author’s Note

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Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Books on Tape 2014 (Audio CD)1

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  1. ISBN: =”0804165319” ↩