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Greg McKeown

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Greg McKeown is a leadership and personal effectiveness author and speaker best known for Essentialism and Effortless, books focused on prioritization, simplicity, and disciplined productivity. His work has reached a global audience, with Essentialism becoming a bestseller and being translated into multiple languages, influencing readers in business and self-development worldwide.

経歴と著者の歩み

Greg McKeown’s work grows out of an unusually visible act of self-revision. Originally from London, he began on a law-school path, then stepped away after concluding that it did not align with the life he wanted to build. He enrolled at Brigham Young University to study communications and print journalism, a change that put writing and teaching at the center of his ambitions. He later earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and he is now also listed by Cambridge Judge Business School as a business doctorate candidate. That progression, from inherited expectations toward chosen priorities, supplied the personal architecture for the ideas that would define his career. ((https://magazine.byu.edu/article/the-essentialist-greg-mckeown/))

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名言

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Essentialism isn’t one more thing; it is a different way of doing everything
-Essentialism
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The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default
-Essentialism
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The Effortless Way isn’t the lazy way. It’s the smart way. It may even be the only way
-Effortless
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If you don’t prioritize your life, then someone else will
-To Do Things Better, Stop Doing So Much
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If you’re not 90 percent sure of doing something, just don’t bother. Don’t worry about it
-MoneyTalking
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And as soon as you give up that right then you lose a lot of power
-All Things Considered
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When we believe nonessentials are nonnegotiable we lose a lot of power
-The Simplest Way to Avoid Wasting Time
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The real luxury is not competing at all
-The More Of Less

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"Greg McKeown believes the answer lies in paring life down to its essentials"

Daniel H. Pink

"Read Greg McKeown’s words slowly; you will do less, do it better, and feel the insanity start to slip away"

Robert I. Sutton

"Greg McKeown’s new book couldn’t be timelier, or more necessary"

Eve Rodsky

"With Essentialism, Greg McKeown gives us the invaluable guidebook for just such a project"

Tim Brown

"In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown’s work is essential"

Daniel H. Pink

"Greg McKeown masterfully flips this script, arguing the more essential the task, the more effortless we should make its completion"

Cal Newport

"In Essentialism, Greg McKeown makes a compelling case for achieving more by doing less"

Jeff Weiner

"In his new book, Greg McKeown offers the solution: Instead of giving up, burning out, or sacrificing our sanity, we can find an easier path"

Arianna Huffington

"In his new book, Gregory McKeown offers advice for making the most essential activities the easiest ones"

Richard Branson

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