When I read a book that isn’t teaching me something new, I still look to see if it’s teaching it well – would this be a book I’d want all my clients to read. And while he touches on really important topics that I’d want my clients to know, and would love to have them pick up in one place, he doesn’t teach them very well.įor instance, the examples he uses…it’s awesome to read about how the first South Pole expedition succeeded because they paced themselves. However, for me personally, someone who practices and teaches similar things to entrepreneurs, I was hoping for more.
The chapters Define, Start, Simplify, Progress, and Pace still offer a lot of mindset, which is a good thing, and there’s more practical guidance.
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You could say it’s more about how to approach your priorities or goals in a way that allows you to make better progress with less friction. Effortless ActionĮffortless Action attempts to answer the question, how can we make essential work easier, and this part was loads better than the first. So I was super excited to move into Part 2, Effortless Action. I do however NEED more effortless action and effortless results in my life as I juggle a growing business, lots of health needs, and a deep desire to still prioritize the most important people in my life. I thought maybe I just don’t need this section, so it’s not resonating as deeply. The 5 chapters, Invert, Enjoy, Release, Rest, and Notice are mostly about a mindset or approach to things.Įach chapter reads like a collection of essays on good ideas that got ended too abruptly before the action steps or takeaways were really brought home. It was almost like just as I was starting to see the importance of each section of each chapter, it would end, jump to the next idea, and leave me a little lost – completely unclear on how to apply what I was reading. It tries to teach you how to live a state of being that’s effortless, but it was really less about things being effortless and more about just not making them harder than they already are. However, it doesn’t clearly answer that question.
Effortless StateĮffortless State asks the question: “how can we make it easier to focus?” The book breaks down into 3 parts: Effortless State, Effortless Action, Effortless Results. Which is why I was so excited when Effortless came along, thinking that Greg McKeown must have figured out what I haven’t and finally unlocked the way to make the essential easy.īecause where Essentialism is a book about how to do away with what doesn’t matter, Effortless was meant to be a book about how to make what’s left easier to do.Įxcept it leaves you feeling like that’s anything but Effortless. It was just the right message, taught in just the right way, and reaching me at just the right time, but over the years since reading it, I’ve learned that living it is anything but effortless. I wasn’t quite sure at the time whether it was a book about productivity or habits or something else, but now after reading I can most definitely say…I’m still not sure.Įssentialism was a book about eliminating – systematically learning how to do away with what didn’t truly, deeply matter. So when I heard Effortless was coming out, I immediately pre-ordered. When I first read Essentialism, it literally changed my life. I’ve been a die-hard for Essentialism since I read it years ago.
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