420: How Success Can Come From Simplifying the Most Important Activities in Your Life | Greg McKeown

Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/gregmckeown420 Greg McKeown (IG: @gregorymckeown) is a speaker, a bestselling author, and the host of the popular podcast What’s Essential. His New York Times bestselling book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less has sold more than a million copies worldwide. Today we’re discussing Greg’s latest book, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most. In this episode, we discuss: There’s always a more effortless way to go about life Essentialism is prioritization and Effortless is simplification Greg's daughter's health crisis was the inspiration behind writing Effortless If you get into the wrong state everything will be harder After complaining say something you are thankful for The biggest problem with being in a state of burnout How can this be effortless? Not everything needs the extra mile Am I getting as much return for the effort? Done for the day list Create a high trust agreement with your manager The practice of investing in the long tail Ask yourself... how can I make this enjoyable? The building blocks of joy What's something that is essential to you that you wish was a little more effortless? Creating workplace boundaries are important for family culture The difference between effortless state and effortless action The principle of effortless results Linear results vs. residual results Podcasting is a whole new genre Show sponsors: Alitura <== 20% off your first order of Alitura’s life-changing skin care products by using the code ultimatehealth at checkout Organifi <== 20% off all Organifi products Paleovalley <== 15% off all Paleovalley products by using the code ultimatehealth at checkout Related links: Greg McKeown - Effortless (book) Greg McKeown's website Follow Greg McKeown on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Greg McKeown - Essentialism (book) What’s Essential (podcast) Listen to Greg McKeown previously on TUHP (episode #250) Gorden Hinckley - Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and a Spirit of Optimism (article) BJ Fogg - Tiny Habits (book) David Allen - Getting Things Done (book) Ben Bergeron - Chasing Excellence (book) Jessica Jackley - Clay Water Brick (book) Kiva 21-Day Essentialism Challenge Related episodes: Cal Newport – A World Without Email Is Coming (#396) 355: Celeste Headlee – Break Away From Overworking, Overdoing, & Underliving 318: Michael Hyatt – Achieve More By Doing Less, Work Productivity Hacks, The Power Of Constraints 286: Cal Newport – Digital Minimalism • Create Time For Solitude • Stop Socializing On Social Media 278: Robin Sharma – The 5 AM Club • Mastery Is A Process • The Power Of Solitude Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links. Making a purchase through these links won’t cost you anything but we will receive a small commission. This is an easy, free way of supporting the podcast. Thank you! How can you support our podcast? 1. Apple users, please subscribe and review our show on Apple Podcasts, we make sure to read them all. Android users, be sure to subscribe to our show on Google Podcasts. Subscribers never miss any of the action ;) 2. If you'd prefer to watch vs listen to the interviews, head over to our YouTube channel and enjoy the full video conversations. Be sure and subscribe while you're there. 3. Tell a friend about The Ultimate Health Podcast. They will surely thank you later. You can use the envelope button below to email a friend or tell them about TUHP in person. 4. Join TUHP Facebook community (FREE). This is where we all stay in touch and ask questions in between episodes. Join our community. 5. Follow our adventures on our favourite social media platform, Instagram. 6. Download The Ultimate Health Podcast app (FREE). This way you'll have our whole library of episodes right at your fingertips. Download our iOS/Apple app or our Android app. 7. Share using the buttons below. Thank you!