Sabriel has been living in Wyverly College ("For Young Ladies of Quality") since she was very young, and though she excels in academia and leadership, she knows that her true destiny lies in helping her father, Abhorsen, in fighting the Dead in the mysterious Old Kingdom. Definitely 'essential' reading/listening.The eponymous heroine of the first book. I find the concepts so fundamentally important, there's either a printed, digital or audio copy always close at hand to continually reinforce the messages. I've read it twice now, and heard it once in full.
A pity there isn't some form of 'workbook'. I highly recommend taking notes and making a true 'study' of this and how the ideas apply to your own life. An example with a 'corporate' context can still have just as much relevance in one's personal life - e.g.
Like most 'self help' books, there's plenty of examples, but it's up to the reader to stop and consider how the issue is relevant to them. This approach helps me to 'audit' my headspace - keeping an eye on where my energy is being directed. They're often tough questions to answer at times, however the sense of freedom that comes from being more on purpose, more in control, and more willing to say 'No!' is very liberating. Mark has helped me to get in the habit of asking the right questions so that far fewer items end up on my list now. My attempts at using organizational systems (like GTD) tended to do no more than generate massive to-do lists that I found difficult to prioritize. Using the experience and insight of working with the leaders of the most innovative companies and organisations in the world, McKeown shows you how to put Essentialism into practice in your own life, so you, too, can achieve something great. It means challenging the core assumptions of "we can have it all" and "I have to do everything" and replacing them with the pursuit of "the right thing in the right way at the right time".īy applying a more selective criteria for what is essential, the pursuit of less allows us to regain control of our own choices so we can channel our time, energy and effort into making the highest possible contribution toward the goals and activities that matter. Being an essentialist is about a disciplined way of thinking. In Essentialism, Greg McKeown, CEO of a leadership and strategy agency in Silicon Valley who has run courses at Apple, Google and Facebook, shows you how to achieve what he calls the disciplined pursuit of less. If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is to become an essentialist. Have you ever felt both overworked and underutilised?ĭo you ever feel busy but not productive? Have you ever found yourself struggling with information overload?
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