essentialism
“eliminating the non-essentials isn’t just about mental discipline. It’s about the emotional discipline necessary to say no to social pressure.”
from Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
essentialism
His observation was that you could massively improve the quality of a product by resolving a tiny fraction of the problems.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
In trying to keep everyone happy I had sacrificed what mattered most.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Without clarity and purpose, pursuing something because it is good is not good enough to make a high level of contribution.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs. It’s about deliberately choosing to be different. —Michael Porter
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Bees don't waste their time explaining to flies that honey is better than shit
His observation was that you could massively improve the quality of a product by resolving a tiny fraction of the problems.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
William James once wrote, “My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will.”
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Essentialism is a disciplined, systematic approach for determining where our highest point of contribution lies, then making execution of those things almost effortless.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
It’s easy to say something should do everything well because saying something is easy doesn’t involve any work, or require any tradeoffs. But building products is all about tradeoffs.