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. But we can make it easier to do more of what matters most.Who Should Read Effortless, by Greg McKeown? (Book Review) Click To Tweet Not every hard thing in life can be made easy. Make relationships easier to maintain and manage.Simplify your processes by removing unnecessary steps.Make one-time choices that eliminate many future decisions.Set a sustainable pace instead of powering through.Prevent frustration by solving problems before they arise.Turn tedious tasks into enjoyable rituals.No matter what challenges or obstacles we face, there is a better way: instead of pushing ourselves harder, we can find an easier path.Įffortless offers actionable advice for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out. Getting ahead doesn’t have to be as hard as we make it. And the more depleted we get, the more effort it takes to make progress. Stuck in an endless loop of “Zoom, eat, sleep, repeat,” we’re often working twice as hard to achieve half as much. That if we aren’t perpetually exhausted, we’re not doing enough.īut lately, working hard is more exhausting than ever. That if we want to overachieve, we have to overexert, overthink, and overdo. Everything is so much harder than it used to be?Īs high achievers, we’ve been conditioned to believe that the path to success is paved with relentless work.You’re running faster but not moving closer to your goals?.You want to make a higher contribution, but lack the energy?.You’re teetering right on the edge of burnout?.“At a time when fear, uncertainty, and our ever-growing list of responsibilities have come to feel like much too much to handle, Effortless couldn’t be timelier, or more necessary.”-Eve Rodsky, author of Fair Play Pink, author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human “In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown’s work is essential.”-Daniel H.
It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard. From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals.