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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Argues for making deliberate trade-offs so effort concentrates on the vital few contributions.

Key takeaways

  1. Saying yes has opportunity cost
  2. Clarity requires elimination
  3. Buffers protect important work

How to apply it in your business

  1. Stop one low-value recurring meeting
  2. Limit active priorities to three
  3. Create criteria for accepting new initiatives

About the author

Greg McKeown writes about prioritization, focus and simplifying work.

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