Bøger af Greg McKeown

Have you ever found yourself struggling with information overload? Have you ever felt both overworked and underutilised? Do you ever feel busy but not productive? If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is to become an Essentialist. 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. Being an Essentialist is about a disciplined way of thinking. It means challenging the core assumption of We can have it all and I have to do everything and replacing it with the pursuit of the right thing, in the right way, at the right time'.By 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. 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.

'In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown's work is essential' -- Daniel H. Pink 'Effortless shows that achieving more doesn't have to be as hard as we make it out to be' -- Arianna HuffingtonNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard. The intricacy of modern life has created a false dichotomy between things that are 'hard and important,' and those that are 'easy and trivial.' Everything has become so much harder than it ought to be. But, Greg McKeown, bestselling author of Essentialism, says, there is a third alternative.In Effortless, he offers practical tools for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out. Honed over the better part of a decade, these strategies include: Turning tedious tasks into enjoyable rituals Preventing frustration by solving problems before they arise Setting a sustainable pace instead of powering through Making one-time choices that eliminate many future decisions Making relationships easier to maintain and manage And much more McKeown's philosophy of essentialism has helped thousands to recognise that the effortless way isn't the lazy way. It's the smart way. Not every hard thing in life can be made easy but we can make it easier to do more of what matters most. Effortless will show you how.

”Jeg er nødt til …” ”Det hele er vigtigt …” ”Jeg kan sagtens gøre begge dele”. Hvor mange gange har du hørt dig selv sige sådan? Måske siger du indimellem “ja” bare for at behage nogen. Eller for at undgå problemer. Eller fordi ”ja” bare er blevet din automatreaktion. Hvis det er tilfældet, vil denne bog ruske op i dine mest grundlæggende forestillinger om, hvad der betyder noget i dit liv – hvordan du gør det rigtige på den rigtige måde og på det rigtige tidspunkt. Du er nemlig langt fra effektiv, når du forsøger at gøre det hele og siger “ja” til alle. Ledelseskonsulent, blogger,foredragsholder og forfatter Greg McKeown introducerer i Det essentielle begrebet essentialisme, som handler om at stoppe op, vurdere mulighederne og vælge den eller de muligheder, der virkelig betyder noget. Essentialisme handler ikke om at få mere fra hånden, men om at få de rigtige ting fra hånden. Det betyder, at vi investerer vores tid og energi så klogt som muligt og alene gør det, der er essentielt, således at vi kan fungere på toppunktet af vores ydeevne. Bogens motto kan koges ned til “Mindre, men bedre”, og det er selve kernen i essentialisme. Essentialistens vej er den kompromisløse stræben efter mindre, men bedre, og det gælder både i privat- og arbejdslivet. Det essentielle indeholder også et afsnit om essentiel ledelse med konkrete og indsigtsfulde råd til lederen.Og husk: Hvis du ikke selv vælger, hvad du vil bruge din tid og dine kræfter på, så vil andre gøre det for dig! New York Times & Wall Street Journal bestseller!

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year • From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard. "In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown's work is essential."-Daniel H. Pink, author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human "At a time when fear, uncertainty, and our ever-growing list of responsibilities have come to feel like much too much to handle, Effortless couldn't be timelier, or more necessary."-Eve Rodsky, author of Fair PlayDo you ever feel like:• You're teetering right on the edge of burnout?• You want to make a higher contribution, but lack the energy? • You're running faster but not moving closer to your goals? • Everything is so much harder than it used to be? As high achievers, we've been conditioned to believe that the path to success is paved with relentless work. That if we want to overachieve, we have to overexert, overthink, and overdo. That if we aren't perpetually exhausted, we're not doing enough. But lately, working hard is more exhausting than ever. And the more depleted we get, the more effort it takes to make progress. Stuck in an endless loop of "Zoom, eat, sleep, repeat," we're often working twice as hard to achieve half as much. Getting ahead doesn't have to be as hard as we make it. No matter what challenges or obstacles we face, there is a better way: instead of pushing ourselves harder, we can find an easier path. Effortless offers actionable advice for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out. Effortless teaches you how to:• Turn tedious tasks into enjoyable rituals • Prevent frustration by solving problems before they arise • Set a sustainable pace instead of powering through • Make one-time choices that eliminate many future decisions • Simplify your processes by removing unnecessary steps• Make relationships easier to maintain and manage• And much more The effortless way isn't the lazy way. It's the smart way. It may even be the only way. Not every hard thing in life can be made easy. But we can make it easier to do more of what matters most.

UN BESTSELLER DE THE NEW YORK TIMES ¿Alguna vez te has sentido abrumado? ¿Sientes que estás al mismo tiempo trabajando más y no estás siendo aprovechado? ¿Estás continuamente ocupado, pero no eres productivo? ¿Sientes como si tu tiempo estuviera constantemente secuestrado por la agenda de otras personas? Si respondiste sí a cualquiera de estas preguntas, la solución es Esencialismo.   El Esencialismo es más que una estrategia para administrar tu tiempo o una técnica de productividad. Es una disciplina sistemática para distinguir lo que es absolutamente esencial y para eliminar lo que no lo es: para que podamos hacer la mayor contribución posible a las cosas que de verdad importan.   Al forzarnos a utilizar criterios más selectivos para lo que realmente es esencial, la búsqueda disciplinada de menos permite que recuperemos el control de nuestras elecciones sobre dónde gastar nuestro valioso tiempo y energía, en lugar de darle a otros el permiso implícito de elegir por nosotros.   Esencialismo es una forma novedosa de hacer todo. Es sobre hacer más, pero mejor, en cada área de nuestra vida. Esencialismo es una actitud emprendedora, audaz y exitosa.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than one million copies sold! Essentialism isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done.   Featuring the new Essentialism 21-Day Challenge. “A timely, essential read for anyone who feels overcommitted, overloaded, or overworked.”—Adam Grant   Have you ever: -found yourself stretched too thin? -simultaneously felt overworked and underutilized? -felt busy but not productive? -felt like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s agendas?   If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist.   Essentialism is more than a time-management strategy or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter.   By forcing us to apply more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy —instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us.   Essentialism is not one more thing —it’s a whole new way of doing everything. It’s about doing less, but better, in every area of our lives. Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.

Una poderosa guía para alcanzar tus objetivos que inicia con un simple principio: NO TODO TIENE QUE SER TAN DIFÍCIL.   Estamos condicionados a creer que el camino del éxito está lleno de trabajo; que si queremos superarnos tenemos que sobrepensar, hacer de más y sobresforzarnos; que si no estamos exhaustos todo el tiempo no estamos haciendo lo suficiente. Sin embargo, últimamente trabajar duro es mucho más cansado que antes y entre más agotados estamos menos progresamos.   Pero avanzar no tiene que ser tan difícil como pensamos. No importa qué obstáculos nos encontremos, siempre hay una mejor manera: en lugar de presionarnos para dar más, podemos encontrar un camino más fácil.   Sin Esfuerzo te enseña a: -Convertir tareas tediosas en rituales disfrutables. -Prevenir la frustración al solucionar problemas antes de que aparezcan. -Lograr un ritmo sostenible en lugar de acelerar todo el tiempo. -Decidir una vez y eliminar futuras decisiones. -Simplificar tu proceso al suprimir pasos innecesarios. -Facilitar el mantenimiento y gestión de relaciones.   Y mucho más.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard.   Do you ever feel like: -You're teetering right on the edge of burnout? -You want to make a higher contribution, but lack the energy?  -You're running faster but not moving closer to your goals? -Everything is so much harder than it used to be?   As high achievers, we've been conditioned to believe that the path to success is paved with relentless work. That if we want to overachieve, we have to overexert, overthink, and overdo. That if we aren’t perpetually exhausted, we’re not doing enough.   But lately, working hard is more exhausting than ever. And the more depleted we get, the more effort it takes to make progress. Stuck in an endless loop of “Zoom, eat, sleep, repeat,” we're often working twice as hard to achieve half as much.   Getting ahead doesn’t have to be as hard as we make it. No matter what challenges or obstacles we face, there is a better way: instead of pushing ourselves harder, we can find an easier path.   Effortless offers actionable advice for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out.    Effortless teaches you how to: -Turn tedious tasks into enjoyable rituals -Prevent frustration by solving problems before they arise -Set a sustainable pace instead of powering through -Make one-time choices that eliminate many future decisions -Simplify your processes by removing unnecessary steps -Make relationships easier to maintain and manage -And much more   The effortless way isn’t the lazy way. It's the smart way. It may even be the only way.   Not every hard thing in life can be made easy. But we can make it easier to do more of what matters most.

The New York Times bestselling author of Essentialism takes on the holy grail of human performance: How can we make it easier to get the right things done?It's normal to feel overwhelmed by the hard things in life, from the big, weighty challenges to the everyday frustrations. But lately doesn't it seem like we're feeling this way a lot more often than we used to? The problem isn't a lack of motivation or effort; if it were, we would already have achieved all our goals. The problem is that motivation and effort are limited resources. And the more we deplete them, the more burnt out we get, making it even harder to produce the results we want.There is a better way: We can make the most essential tasks the easiest ones. In Effortless, McKeown shows us how, in three easy phases: • Return to the Effortless State: By removing distracting thoughts and emotions, we regain the mental energy and clarity to focus on the right thing at the right time. • Take Effortless Action: By simplifying our processes, embracing imperfection, and finding the right pace (and sticking to it), we make the important work itself easier to do. • Achieve Effortless Results: By choosing high-leverage activities--like learning what no one else knows, automating essential steps, and solving problems before they happen--extraordinary results continue to flow to us.By making it easier to get the right things done, we can accomplish more of what matters, without burning out.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERHave you ever felt the urge to declutter your work life?Do you often find yourself stretched too thin?Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized?Are you frequently busy but not productive?Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people's agendas?If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist.The Way of the Essentialist isn't about getting more done in less time. It's about getting only the right things done. It is nota time management strategy, or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter. By forcing us to apply a more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energyinstead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us.Essentialism is not one more thingit's a whole new way of doing everything. A must-read for any leader, manager, or individual who wants to do less, but better, anddeclutter and organize their owntheir lives, Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.