The Greg McKeown Podcast

By Greg McKeown

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What's The Greg McKeown Podcast about?

Design a life that really matters. I’m your host, Greg McKeown, author of New York Times bestsellers "Effortless" and "Essentialism" and I’m on mission to help you advocate and negotiate your way to remarkable results without burning out. Come with me on this journey every Tuesday and Thursday as we examine the most essential areas of our lives. Learn more about my books and courses at https://GregMcKeown.com.

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01.26.2023

Have you ever felt like there were just too many tabs open in your mind? Today, I've invited Alison Jones, the author of Exploratory Writing: Everyday Magic for Life and Work. By the end of this episode, you will have ...

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01.26.2023 165. Turning Chaos Into Clarity with Alison Jones Have you ever felt like there were just too many tabs open in your mind? Today, I've invited Alison Jones, the author of Exploratory Writing: Everyday Magic for Life and Work. By the end of this episode, you will have ...
01.24.2023 164. The Human Desire to Be Heard Do you crave being heard, to feel someone else really hears you, notices you, sees you, and that what you said matters to them? Today I will share with you an intriguing story, something counterintuitive I'm just on the edge ...
01.19.2023 163. Identifying Your Circle of Competence with Kyle Westaway (Part 2) What would your business or your life look like if you designed it from scratch using essentialist and effortless principles to guide you? It's long been thought that some industries like private equity, medicine and law just take 80 hour ...
01.17.2023 162. The Quiet Person with the Answer Have you ever been to a meeting where a few loud people dominated the meeting, but the quiet people with the answer didn't even get heard? It's long been thought that if you put the right people in the room, ...
01.12.2023 161. Identifying Your Circle of Competencies with Kyle Westaway (Part 1) Have you ever felt that a monotonous life cannot possibly be an essential life? Have you ever found at the same time that sometimes in what appears to be a monotonous experience, you find something deeply meaningful? Today I have ...
01.12.2023 161. Identifying Your Circle of Competence with Kyle Westaway (Part 1) Have you ever felt that a monotonous life cannot possibly be an essential life? Have you ever found at the same time that sometimes in what appears to be a monotonous experience, you find something deeply meaningful? Today I have ...
01.10.2023 160. It's Not Too Late Have you ever had a wake up call where you just suddenly realize you have missed what really mattered? Most of us have learned that we are supposed to live with no regrets, but this, I think, is wrong. What ...
01.05.2023 159. Humans Weren't Designed For This Have you ever set a New Year's resolution to get healthier? It's an annual tradition to sign up for gym memberships and then never to use them. It's so established that the entire gym business model is based upon people ...
01.03.2023 158. One Decision That Makes 1000 It has long been thought that at the beginning of the new year, you should make a long list of everything that you want to achieve, but that, I believe, is false. What we know now is that what's more ...
12.20.2022 157. See Through People's Masks Have you ever noticed that what people say is not the same as what they mean? Today I will share an inspiring story I read this week, something counterintuitive I've Learned, and some actionable advice. By the end of this ...
12.13.2022 156. The Man Who Couldn't Show Weakness Have you ever met a person who just wouldn't show weakness? Today, I will share an intriguing story, something counterintuitive I've learned and some actionable advice. By the end of this episode, you will be able to see how perfectionism ...
12.08.2022 155. Confronting Conflict with Amy Gallo Have you ever suppressed your feelings or honest views at work because you wanted to avoid trouble? Have you ever avoided speaking up with someone at work and instead unloaded onto someone else about it? What if you could find ...
12.06.2022 154. The 85% Rule Have you ever wondered why we can't fix burnout culture with a wellness app? What if doing less was actually more effective than giving it 100%? Today I'm going to share an inspiring story, something counterintuitive I've learned and provide ...
12.01.2022 153. What Great Listeners Actually Do with Jack Zenger (Part 2) Have you ever met a person who had a deeply profound effect upon you? And what was the relationship between that impact and the degree to which they listened and understood you personally and uniquely? Today I have Jack Zenger ...
11.29.2022 152. What Great Listeners Actually Do with Jack Zenger (Part 1) Today I have invited Jack Zenger to the show. Jack has spent, if you can believe it, five decades and then some working as an entrepreneur and also an academician. He's the CEO and co-founder of Zenger Folkman. He was ...
11.24.2022 151. How To Be Okay When You're Not Okay What if gratitude isn't what you've always thought it was? Today, I will share a personal story, something counterintuitive I have learned and some actionable advice. By the end of this episode, you will be able to turn a negative ...
11.22.2022 150. The #1 Way To Remove Resistance In Your Day Have you ever faced resistance from someone at work or at home to something that really mattered to you? How did you handle it? What was the result? Today, I will share a recent story in my life, something counterintuitive ...
11.17.2022 149. Agreeing vs. Understanding with Matthew McConaughey (Part 2) In part two of our conversation with guest Matthew McConaughey, we discuss ways in which a higher level of thinking can not only change our lives, but leave a lasting impact for generations to come. His new book, Greenlights: Your ...
11.15.2022 148, Agreeing vs. Understanding with Matthew McConaughey (Part 1) In this episode, our guest Matthew McConaughey gives us insight into ways in which understanding how we operate on a relational level can give us a new outlook on how we live our lives. His new book, Greenlights: Your Journal, ...
11.10.2022 147. The Changemaker Mindset with Alex Budak (Part 2) In the second part of our conversation with guest Alex Budak, we discuss more essential practices from his new book, Becoming a Changemaker, and how a healthier understanding of rejection can change your life dramatically. Alex is a social entrepreneur, ...
11.08.2022 146. Bad Is Stronger Than Good Have you ever been involved in a conversation where you or the other person's resistance started to go up? Today I will share an interesting story, something counterintuitive I've learned and some actionable advice. By the end of this episode, ...
11.03.2022 145. The Changemaker Mindset with Alex Budak (Part 1) In this episode, our guest Alex Budak gives us insight into a few essential practices from his new book, Becoming a Changemaker. Alex is a social entrepreneur, UC Berkeley Haas faculty member, speaker, and helping people make a positive impact ...
11.01.2022 144. One Habit to Change Every Aspect of Your Life What is your habitual orientation towards other people? When you encounter people, customers, employees, your spouse, children, an unhelpful person in customer service, what is your inclination? Is it to be heard by them? Is it to get by them? ...
10.27.2022 143. True North Leadership with Bill George (Part 2) Have you ever pursued or even achieved something only to feel unsatisfied? That you've given your energy, your effort to winning a game, but having won it, have questioned the whole experience? Today we will continue with part two of ...
10.25.2022 142. The Only Business Metric That Matters with Jeremy Utley What is one problem you are dealing with in your business right now? What is one problem you are dealing with in your life right now? Well, whatever problems you are facing, this conversation with Jeremy Utley is the answer, ...
10.20.2022 141. True North Leadership with Bill George (Part 1) Have you ever felt unsafe to share what you really think? Have you ever felt disoriented, lost, or muddled as a result of that? For some people, founders, professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, this problem grows as we advance in our careers. ...
10.18.2022 140. One Phrase For Achieving Psychological Safety Have you ever felt stuck in an unproductive relationship or been on a team that just did not perform to the level of the individuals within the team? Today, I will share an inspiring story, some counterintuitive research that I've ...
10.13.2022 139. Anti-Time Management with Richie Norton (Part 2) In Part 1 of my conversation with Richie Norton, we discussed his countercultural but transformational approach to time management, program stacking and how they can help you generate huge results. In today's episode, Richie and I are picking up where ...
10.11.2022 138. The DNA of Human Motivation Today, I will share an inspiring story, something counterintuitive I have learned and some actionable advice. By the end of this episode, you will be able to tap into the primary source of human motivation, the DNA, so to speak, ...
10.06.2022 137. Anti-Time Management with Richie Norton (Part 1) Productivity and efficiency are frequently found at the altars of the working world, but are we sacrificing too much for them? In this episode, I'm joined by Richie Norton, author of Anti-Time Management, an unconventional but genius approach to reclaiming ...
10.04.2022 136. What If You Could Be 1% More Intelligent Everyday? Have you ever felt that there are some subjects that you just can't master? Have you ever imagined what would be possible if you could get more intelligent? What would happen if you got 1% more intelligent every single day? ...
09.29.2022 135. How To Live Life In Crescendo with Cynthia Covey Haller Have you ever felt like it's too late for you? Have you ever felt like life passed you by, that your dream is gone forever, or that too many awful things have happened to you? Today I have as my ...
09.27.2022 134. The Highest Leverage Activity In The World Have you ever underinvested in your personal development? Have you ever been too busy living to think about life today? I'm going to share an inspiring story, something counterintuitive that I've learned, and some actionable advice. By the end of ...
09.22.2022 133. Why 10X Is Easier Than 2X with Dr. Benjamin Hardy (Part 2) Have you found that in your current busyness you have underinvested in your personal growth? If you have, then you're in the right place, and this is the right episode for you today. I have invited back my friend, Dr. ...
09.20.2022 132. The Disciplined Pursuit of Doing Nothing What can we learn from the world's greatest public servant and most experienced diplomat? In this episode, we're diving deep into the practices that will help you create space to understand others, no matter the differences that stand between you. ...
09.15.2022 131. Machine Living: Operating System for Your Life with Rob Dyrdek (Part 2) Have you ever had the sense that you had greater potential than your current life requires or even allows you to produce? Do you ever feel like there's a lot more inside of you, but you are already so busy, ...
09.13.2022 130. The Vasa – Define Your Done 400 years ago, the King of Sweden, Gustav II, commissioned the building of a grand ship, The Vasa. The ship quickly became the most expensive naval project in Swedish history only to meet a heartbreaking demise on its maiden voyage. ...
09.08.2022 129. Systems You Need to 10X with Rob Dyrdek (Part 1) Robert Stanley Dyrdek is many things. He's an entrepreneur, actor, producer, reality TV personality, and former professional skateboarder. He's possibly best known for his reality shows 'Rob and Big', 'Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory', and 'Ridiculousness', but none of that does ...
09.06.2022 128. Perspective Guessing Vs. Perspective Getting Have you ever invested heavily in a new product or service for your customers only to find they didn't buy it? Have you ever put in a lot of effort into getting someone a gift only to find that their ...
09.01.2022 127. How Limits Make You Limitless Have you ever felt like you have the ability to make a greater contribution to your work, your family, or society, but you've run out of space in your life? Or maybe you've noticed that the busier you get, the ...
08.30.2022 126. The Surprising Secret to Extraordinary Influence Do you have a relationship or a project that you need to turn around? What if you could immediately increase your influence on this project or with that relationship? In this episode, I will share a story, something I am ...
08.25.2022 125. Striving For an Effortless Transition Have you ever struggled with making a transition? Whether in your personal or professional life, transitions can be stressful to navigate, but what if there was a way to make them easier? In this episode, I've invited the wisest person ...
08.23.2022 124. What Would You Do With an Extra Day Each Week? In this episode, I have a simple question for you: What would you do with an extra day each week? Would you use it to spend time with your family or work on an important project? Or would you simply ...
08.18.2022 123. The Relationship Trap with Professor C Terry Warner (Part 2) Have you ever felt stuck in a personal or professional relationship? Have you felt like the harder you try to improve the relationship, the worse it gets, or the more you try to escape, the harder it is to actually ...
08.16.2022 122. The Greatest Breakthrough in Psychology in 50 Years with Professor C. Terry Warner (Part 1) Have you ever felt seriously stuck in a relationship where the harder you tried, the worse it got? I am thrilled to have one of the wisest people I have ever had the fortune of knowing to be joining us ...
08.11.2022 121. Solve Problems Before They Happen with Dan Heath Can you think of a problem that irritates you repeatedly? What has the total cost of managing that been to you over several years today? I have invited the New York Times best-selling author Dan Heath to help answer the ...
08.10.2022 120. What Residual Results Are You Getting in Your Life? A critical key to understanding yourself is discovering the residual results you're getting in your life. These are the things you get by default as a result of the systems and habits in your life. This could look like too ...
08.09.2022 S2E19: The Surprising Code to Extraordinary Influence Do you have a relationship or a project that you need to turn around? What if you could immediately increase your influence on this project or with that relationship? By the end of this episode, you will have a code ...
08.04.2022 119. Understanding Each Other with Parker J. Palmer (Part 2) Have you ever had someone come to you with a dilemma, but when you start to share your advice, they resist your every suggestion? The relationship gets more strained. You leave feeling frustrated, but when you open up, you immediately ...
08.02.2022 118. Understanding Each Other with Parker J. Palmer (Part 1) Have you ever had someone come to you with a dilemma, but when you start to share your advice, they resist your every suggestion? The relationship gets more strained. You leave feeling frustrated, but when you open up you immediately ...

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