Book review- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Life. Moment. Simple. Less. My recent book titled Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown revolves around these four words, i.e. Life; Moment; Simple; Less. The book validates my thinking that life is simple and that being simple is the core of life . However, to practice the same in day-to-day life requires discipline and the practice of essentialism. The book's mantra or the nutshell catch fraise is "if it's not a hell yes, it's a no”. McKeown does an excellent job explaining why it is so hard to change our habits…especially those we know are doing no good to ourselves. Later focuses on showing us ways to break or create patterns for letting go of the less important things and building our momentum to accomplish something in our professions, family, and personal lives. Most tools/pieces of advice explained in the book are not earth-shattering; they are things we have heard, seen, and read before, but the book does an excellent job putting a f...