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Essentialism: To Be An Effective Essentialist Leader, Mckeown Recommends 5 Mantra

The document summarizes key points from Greg McKeown's book "Essentialism" on differentiating essentialists from non-essentialists. Essentialists are more selective, focusing only on goals and tasks that further their most important priorities. They say no to most opportunities in order to guard their capacity and reject normative conformity. Essentialists identify and remove obstacles, while non-essentialists focus on solutions. The document also lists five mantras for essentialist leaders: be ridiculously selective when hiring; debate to find your true intent; go to extreme empowerment; communicate the right things to the right people at the right time; and check in often.

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Essentialism: To Be An Effective Essentialist Leader, Mckeown Recommends 5 Mantra

The document summarizes key points from Greg McKeown's book "Essentialism" on differentiating essentialists from non-essentialists. Essentialists are more selective, focusing only on goals and tasks that further their most important priorities. They say no to most opportunities in order to guard their capacity and reject normative conformity. Essentialists identify and remove obstacles, while non-essentialists focus on solutions. The document also lists five mantras for essentialist leaders: be ridiculously selective when hiring; debate to find your true intent; go to extreme empowerment; communicate the right things to the right people at the right time; and check in often.

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Essentialism

Amid today’s unprecedented crisis and uncertainty around almost everything, we may
forget which is better for us and really matter in next normal. Greg McKeown’s book
on The Disciplined Pursuit of Less is apt for current situation and I have summarised
learnings in 8 pointers differentiating essentialist from non-essentialist:

1. Cut out every task that does not directly further your goals.
2. Non-essentialists believe they can have it all. Essentialists identify the most
productive trade-offs and decide where to go all in.
3. Non-essentialists regard sleep as a blip in their schedules.
4. Your most important priority is guarding your capacity to set worthy priorities.
5. Nonessentialists have criteria that are too accepting, while Essentialists reject
90% of all opportunities.
6. Essentialists fight their innate urge toward “normative conformity.”
7. The Nonessentialist says yes to escape “social awkwardness” and “pressure.”
The Essentialist says yes only to essential things.
8. The Nonessentialist focuses on solutions. The Essentialist identifies and gets
rid of obstacles.

To be an effective Essentialist leader, McKeown recommends 5 mantra:

Be ridiculously Debate to find Go to extreme


selective, when your true intent empowerment
hiring

Communicate the
right things to the Check in often
right people at the
right time

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