Greg McKeown (author): Doing

Greg McKeown (author) is British-American public speaker, business consultant, and writer. Explore interesting quotes on doing.
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“Life today is fast and full of opportunity. The complication is we think we have to do everything. The implication of this is we end up being pulled into endless distractions without pausing to really think. My position is we can make a different choice. We can discern what is really essential. We can design a life that really matters.”

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Life , Thinking , Making love

“Everything changes when we give ourselves permission to be more selective in what we choose to do.”

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Change

“You can do a few things superbly well, or a lot of things averagely well.”

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“There is value in NOT doing a thing.”

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Deep , For Team , Happy , Leadership

“Effort and results do not share a linear relationship.”

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Effort

“Discern more; do less.”

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“It never ceases to amaze me how often I ask people, “What do you really want?”

Greg McKeown (author) book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

and they look at me blankly, unable to articulate the answer. It’s not that they don’t want things, it’s just that they don’t have a high level of clarity regarding the matter.”
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People

“...only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.”

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