From Essentialism to Effortless with Author Greg McKeown EP 41

Best Laid Plans

Sarah Hart-Unger

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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This episode features author Greg McKeown, known for his work Essentialism and now introducing some powerful new ideas in his latest release Effortless. In the conversation, Sarah and Greg take a deeper dive into the why around planning and what questions we should all be asking ourselves as we plan, especially: "What is truly essential" and "How can I make this easier?". Greg shares some of his favorite planning methods and the conversation also delves into the value of reflection and gratitude journaling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, and this is Sarah Hart Unger.
0:12.0	Welcome to Best-Lade Plans, the podcast about all things planning and planning adjacent.
0:17.0	Today we have on the show, Greg McEwen, the author of Essentialism, and now most recently,
0:22.4	coming out on April 27th, a book called Effortless, which is all about the things we can do in
0:27.9	life to make life feel, well, easier, better, to kind of not be in a state of suffering,
0:34.6	but instead make life just feel a little bit lighter and I hope maybe
0:39.0	even more fun. And what does this have to do with planning? Well, to me, a lot. For me, how I live my
0:45.3	life really has a lot to do with how I structure my planning and how I think about each day and how I'm
0:50.9	going to use the precious minutes of the life that I have left. And thankfully, I think that this guest agrees with me as you'll hear in some of his
0:58.7	tactics and ideas. So get ready for a deep dive into really some of the reasons for why
1:05.8	one might choose to plan and how you might go about that to really continue to focus on what matters. So without
1:13.1	further ado, here is Greg. We are here today with Greg McEwen, the author of Essentialism and
1:21.3	now effortless coming out right around the time this episode airs. Would you like to introduce
1:26.2	yourself, Greg? It's great to be with you, Sarah. I'm Greg McKeown. Yes, author of Essentialism, as you said.
1:31.2	The new book is effortless. I'm here in the midst of the pandemic still, but with family,
1:37.5	and we live just north of Malibu, and so life is good. That is awesome. So you are no longer,
1:43.6	you must be, you are British originally. Is that where you came from? That's right. That is awesome. So you are no longer, you must be, you are British originally.
1:45.6	Is that where you came from? That's right. Born in London, grew up in the north of England,
1:50.4	in Yorkshire, but been here 20 years now, most of that in California. Makes sense, but it didn't
1:56.0	sound like you had a Malibu accent. Yeah, it's my one saving grace. As soon as I lose that, I'm out.
2:02.0	My wife, Anna, says, you lose it, you're out, which she's never said.
2:05.8	But I still think it's a risk.
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