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The Tim Ferriss Show

#786: Tactics and Strategies for a 2025 Reboot — Essentialism and Greg McKeown

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🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Greg McKeown is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less and Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most. 200,000 people receive his weekly 1-Minute Wednesday newsletter, and he recently released The Essentialism Planner: A 90-Day Guide to Accomplishing More by Doing Less

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0:00.0

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferriss. Welcome to another episode of the

0:04.7

Tim Ferriss show. My guest today is Greg McEwen, last name spelled MCK-E-O-W-N. He is the author of two New York

0:12.8

Times bestsellers, Essentialism, The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, one of my most highlighted

0:17.7

books on Kindle, and effortless make it easier to do what matters most.

0:22.5

He's also a speaker, host of the Greg McEwen podcast, and founder of the Essentialism Academy

0:27.4

with students from 96 countries. 200,000 people receive his weekly One Minute Wednesday newsletter,

0:33.3

and he recently released The Essentialism Planner, A 90-day guide to accomplishing more by doing less.

0:40.0

And this episode is an exploration of all the great things we hope to accomplish in a new year,

0:46.8

how to approach them practically, intelligently, and most joyfully.

0:53.1

After just a few words from the people who make this podcast

0:56.5

possible, enjoy. About three weeks ago, I found myself between 10 and 12,000 feet, going over

1:03.3

the continental divide, carrying tons of weight, doing my best not to chew on my own lungs,

1:08.8

and I needed all the help I could get. And in those

1:11.3

circumstances, I relied on momentous products every single day and every single night. Now,

1:17.3

regular listeners probably know I've been taking momentous products consistently and testing

1:21.8

them, the entire spectrum of their products for a long while now. But you may not know that

1:26.6

I recently collaborated with them,

1:28.4

one of the sponsors of this episode, to put together my top picks. And I'm calling it my performance

1:33.7

stack. I always aim for a strong body and sharp mind. Of course, you need both. And neither is

1:38.9

possible without quality sleep. So I didn't want anything speculative. I wanted things I could

1:43.8

depend on. And it is what I use personally. So I designed my performance anything speculative. I wanted things I could depend on, and it is what I

1:45.0

used personally. So I designed my performance stack to check all three boxes. And here it is.

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