Greg McKeown (author): Quotes about people

Greg McKeown (author) is British-American public speaker, business consultant, and writer. Explore interesting quotes on people.
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“Simply put, when you invite people’s best thinking and lead like a multiplier, your team will give you more—more discretionary effort, more mental and physical energy, and more of the fresh ideas critical for long-term success.”

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“Achieving strategic clarity is hard. It takes asking tough questions about tradeoffs, deep concentration to get to the very essence of the issues and real courage to cut off competing priorities. It is worth the effort because with real clarity, people, teams and organizations can fully mobilize, break through to the next level and achieve something truly great.”

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“To develop meaningful and mature relationships at work or at home we need to develop two filters. The first filter protects you from other people. The second filter protects other people from you.”

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“A hundred years from now, when people look back at this period, they will marvel at the stupidity of it all: the stress, the motion sickness, and the self-neglect we put ourselves through. So we have two choices. We can be among the last people caught up in the “more bubble” when it bursts, or we can see the madness for what it is and join the growing community of Essentialists and get more of what matters in our one precious life.”

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“When we push back effectively, it shows people that our time is valuable. It distinguishes the professional from the amateur.”

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“We can either make our choices deliberately or allow other people's agendas to control our lives.”

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“People will plateau at exactly the same level that their selectivity plateaus.”

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“So many smart people get snared in the death grip of the nonessential.”

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“Very successful people are absurdly selective.”

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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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“What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance? What if instead we celebrated how much time we had spent listening, pondering, meditating, and enjoying time with the most important people in our lives?”

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“Many capable people are kept from getting to the next level of contribution because they can’t let go of the belief that everything is important.”

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