ESSENTIALISM by Greg McKeown | Animated CORE Message

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[@chinmayadhiman3358]

just started reading this book. It made me open my eyes for how important is the power of choice!

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[@Journeymanlive]

I wanna point a little thing out, about sleep. When I'm busy with normal, but minimal sleep. I get playful, I let go , and make better decision, I'm kinda tired in a way, so I go with the vital truth/needs. better essential decisions. When I sleep a lot, I tend to regain "learned helplessness" and shame of procrastination, as if I have so much energy I even have some for "wrong" things...kinda funny. Sleep is very personal also, for some people 5h is way enough. Anyway great video !

[@lk1286]

Thank you so much. You saved my time. I seldom give comment because of privacy. But, really, your summary is rational and to the point. I am a favor reader too. I struggled to reread my notes, you gave me an excellent demonstration. Love you

[@ShahriyarNasir]

How does this not have more views? Great summary!

[@ProductivityGame]

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[@Journeymanlive]

because not time, gotta run bro. ahah just kidding :) yes great summary, and great theme. cheers

[@knicks2030]

I like how you added what you got out of the book, but still mostly focused on what the book covered. Great review!

[@bd11777]

The way he describes Buffets investment strategy it makes it seem like he could be the demonstration of survivorship bias.

[@dragonmaster7841]

You have great reviews. Good job. Takes a lot of hours to summarize the key parts of any book.

[@seekingforalítheia]

I don't understand why this hasn't hit 1million views and likes yet. Such amazing videos, well thought of, actually involved a lot of effort to make and execute, useful for the pysche applicable, and relevant to daily life.

[@samuelpdavidson]

Thanks heaps for the insight man! Your videos are always refreshing and really allow me to gain a wider perspective on life without having to spend hours reading.

[@teriyakov]

I have to pause this half way through and say that your content is mind blowingly full of value. Please don't stop. Wishing you all the very best in the future.

[@minetime6881]

I have read the book, and was thinking about this today: if we only do what is absolutely essential to our 100%-we-want-it, long term responsibilities/goals, like being a good parent, child, sibling, friend, worker, healthy person, and learner, if we just focus on those things, and do nothing that doesn’t contribute to that, I can’t imagine one’s life looking bad, right? If you only do the bare minimum to achieve all of those things, you know you’ll probably have time for the other one’s. Then you can do it. And if you do it, isn’t that what a good life is? Just a thought.

[@ron-davin]

“I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying 'no' to 1,000 things. You have to pick carefully.” - Steve Jobs

[@garyhughes1664]

Just bought this book and thought I'd check out KZbin to find out a little more about it. You've done a great job here. I really enjoyed your video.

[@adityaikhsanprasiddha1169]

No music is best

[@willimacdo]

"feeling social discomfort means..." death. Now that resonates. I'm going to ruminate on that one.

[@HomemakerDaze]

willimacdo I’d be dead a million times by now lol

[@sledgetable172]

@@HomemakerDaze same lol

[@aaron___6014]

Like a cow?

[@wei-lingyourvegantarotread6410]

Thanks for this video! I bought the book but haven't started to read it because more focusing on other things right this period time. However, this video is a great reminder for me at this point because I start feeling burning out.

[@siddhantdhuri4705]

Your summaries are the best among all. You distill the book's idea to its essential message. I love this approch.

[@MikeLyncheski]

I started out thinking "this is great, now I don't need to buy the book:. By the end, I was on Amazon, getting it as fast as I can. Great review! Can't wait to dive in.

[@patmanrox7990]

I just finished reading the good book, and I look at your wonderful video for the summary.

[@cedarpoplar7443]

I think sleep should definitely be above all priorities. And not just sleep, but the right times to sleep. Thanks for the review. I wasn't expecting to hear this video. I was actually looking for essentialism vs operationalism in Psychology

[@abhi1779]

You are doing amazing work by summarizing the book. I have purchased your ebook also. It will change my life.

[@rishabhhurshan3619]

This was very nice , very good breakdown ...... I thankful to have found your channel , keep up the good work

[@laurellchantiloupe2295]

Excellent. Absolutely will be practiced by me. I needed this topic so much.

[@improvementor3861]

06:56 Got to remember this... Thanks!

[@marcelloantoniodreier6978]

Something different! Really liked it!

[@tulips91]

Thank you! Just in time

[@SafeSetsFilm]

I think Greg is amazing and I have gained a lot of power from his words, but why do we as a species need to shock helpless dogs in order to prove this point!?! WTF???????

[@saloni.sharma]

They don't shock them harmfully. It's mild. Mild enough to not hurt but cause discomfort. I've been to a few tests as a subject myself. There's no side effect or anything.

[@TalleyrandsPuppet]

Because shocking dogs was essential!

[@thepocketchronicles]

The study he’s referring to was performed in the 1960’s. I doubt a similar study would ever make it past an ethics board now, thankfully.

[@LinkEX]

@@thepocketchronicles Meanwhile, animal agriculture keeps growing because people at large tolerate a mistreatment that makes this dog experiment look harmless in comparison.

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

@@LinkEX pasture raised is the highest quality I've farmed chickens in my backyard, they need happiness to make all the nutrents Chickens are like a biotechnology, they don't exist in nature we made them I still intend to buy a chicken farm replace the roof with something like glass and then grow a forest inside and put the chickens in so I can harvest eggs Literally building it up to be like a paradise of their ancestors I bought live chickens from a butcher shop and they had some problems (in the head from being there) & it reflected with the eggs It's bad buisness If I just want to make as much money as I can, them I need to do it right Even from a money-grubbing position, if I want to insert asset & receive cash I'd buy a vending machine Different context And yeah I agree factory farming is super fucked up They're not doing the right way, like it's myopic, Like trying to feed a computer They're basically running chicken like a Bitcoin farm The guy who did the supersize Me documentary did a documentary about chicken farming I'm learning about how to design food forests so that I can put a outdoor farm near you Around the globe for food stability

[@queensigal]

It is the sort of book you dont hold on to...you learn the lessons and move on

[@TizianaDiTullio-hw9el]

Wonderful summary

[@mreudeco]

Fantastic 👍👍👍🙏

[@VentureAHighway]

Essentialism is important with all areas of life, including with material items

[@indviduation]

*Greg summarizes this is saying he makes big bets on the essential few investment opportunities and says no to the many merely good ones* And how did Buffet figure out which of these _"Big bests"_ where the best choices?

[@AJ-rs3ub]

indviduation logical reasoning, data and learning your craft

[@Matt-wg9xn]

2:45 that dog knows what's up

[@northwestdestiny1388]

Excellent and worthwhile work. Please continue:)

[@meenukumar6203]

awesome ideas. thanks a lot for sharing this vedio . keep it up the good work. you r helping lot of people deepak k ,florida

[@jms4406]

What's tough is if you have a really good paying job with lots of time off, but it eats at your soul, and no other job will pay as much as it or guarantee a good retirement, or the amount of time off. You get to the point where you ask yourself if you should learn to quit complaining and when you do suddenly your energy starts to come back.

[@kitydr86]

Very useful thank you so much

[@Diana-gt1rv]

This is so true. I’ve got the message. Thank you so much for this good lecture. 🥰

[@djreyes0202]

Great summary and graphics! Thank you

[@jaypayleitner1]

Essentialism has its roots in the obscure scripture passage found in Proverbs 30:8-9. It's the Prayer of Agur and contains the secret for finding balance and purpose. In many ways, the opposite of The Prayer of Jabez.

[@kylesteadman4343]

Hear that scripture is for pondering: 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

[@marlyngomez4626]

Thank you for this Nathan 😊Very helpful video. God bless😊

[@ccuu8231]

Good summary and reminder after having read the book. Thanks!

[@sarasperikavin5555]

Essentialist lives their 60 years of life in 30 years. They must be an expert in their core field. Probably they doesn't failed, because they does, what they knows.

[@TheHadMatters]

How is this not more existentialism than essentialism? The reason it is advised that the man should have decided for his family isn't that it would be some sort of intrinsic part of his identity that he has to abide by. It's just that he values his family more.

[@DeadEndFrog]

lmao, if philosophers found the meaning of life, the capitalists would use it for selling shoes

[@-dennis3755]

I see, in that case. The meaning of life is to never buy shoes.. heh, gottem

[@hiareeb]

That's the thing about meaning of life, it is not one single piece of stuff that you can buy or sell, but actually an idea where you need to find it yourself and differs person to person.

[@DeadEndFrog]

@@hiareeb it was a joke, but i agree

[@leedevee]

Well said. This video (haven't read the book) starts with a guy learning he should prioritise family life over work and then switches to Warren Buffett and some airline CEO applying essentialism to getting as rich as possible? Very deep.

[@liezelvdmunlimited]

Great review thanks! Sending it to my colleagues. (South Africa)

[@weefyman]

My freedom is essential, i wait, thanks.

[@breakingthemasks]

Subscribed 👍

[@timdertim]

Good stuff

[@lynnwittet1301]

Thank you, very well explained.

[@helloitsme5295]

thank you for the summaries and the helpful advice :)

[@roblemaer4834]

Thanks for the summary.

[@queensigal]

The dog experiments are so cruel ..but the conclusion is clear...a chaotic life is in the time of corona clear

[@jiannanhuang4974]

The only problem was that most of the cases Mr. McKeown elaborated in the book to make his points were either some highly successful CEO or some world-class chef. "For every 100 great opportunities I say no to 99 of them"; "The CEO only does the work that he would have done as a consultant and nothing more"; Or "the chef only serves for half the time of a year and dedicated the other half to develop new cuisines". Unfortunately, these examples aren't so helpful for most people because many times we thrive to have just ONE great opportunity. It's called "lack of external validity". Great ideas though. For a book of 200+ pages, I was anticipating more "easier-to-copy real-life" examples. Who exactly was the book for? "The essential few instead of the trivial many", mabe?

[@sebastians.1146]

Sounds interesting, I will read it:D

[@ahentengilonggo]

Thank you for this video

[@odiseoagency]

Great work! Thank you!

[@lifechamp007]

Very helpful and to the point ! #StayBlessednHappy

[@bvillegasa]

¿Dónde puedo comprar el libro? en formato fisico

[@fitnezzo838]

Love your channel

[@syedmajid3202]

thanks for summary!

[@शनैश्वरअधापुरे]

Great stuff

[@josuethomas1]

Awesome!

[@tuttizaghnuna739]

wow loved your summary I hope you keep up the good work, ummm what about you add vids in which you tell us about your journey in actually applying what you learn from each book the mistakes you make and difficulties you face and how you overcome them and teach us more about these books but on the practical field instead of just the theoretical one, your channel would be the dream channel for me hhhh

[@ProductivityGame]

wow, thanks for the amazing comment Tutti! Great suggestion on including the mistakes I've made and the difficulties I've faced (there are many!). I will work to make this channel the channel of your dreams :)

[@user-qp6vg9ho8u]

Is there any point in buying the book after watching this?

[@sarahwhite4227]

No. Honestly, I tried reading this (half of the book), but most of the book is THIS METHOD WOULD HELP YOU

[@user-qp6vg9ho8u]

Ana Borissova thanks I almost bought it!

[@ALEX-gr7dx]

Yes . He discusses how to explore, eliminate and excite things in an essentialist way. Great book.

[@queensigal]

I feel there are different types of people

[@ohyeah2269]

Genius!

[@willowen8730]

Great vid!

[@Grazfather]

A fool's "bargin"

[@Wilcosach]

barge in... bar gin....

[@ThePainterr]

....seems one has to [bar] oneself from certain activities in order to [gain] in life so that you don't come across or act as a [fool].

[@KzLollapalooza]

Thank you

[@atanzhang2582]

I'm directed here when reading Kripke's Name and Necessity, seems like there are two ways of using the word "essentialism", wrong place for philosophical investigation I guess.

[@ErikStenbakken]

Stellar. Sub'd. Thanks.

[@AIAPJ7925RJ]

Super one..

[@MariasVillage]

Thx good Job 👍🏽

[@tieember9596]

Tl;dr, essentialism is longterm thinking Greg McKeown is kinda wordy, apparently

[@bridgetsweetin5749]

Love this illustration! I appreciate the summary of this book! Small critique: where are the women and people of color to be quoted as examples? The gender / racial gaps in this are obvious most especially when the non-white males mentioned are used for "hunter / gatherer" and "native" examples. Again, I so appreciate this review and this video.

[@aberamT]

Bridget Sweeti I'm young and I don't really understand, why is representation important here? Anyone can reap this knowledge regardless of the examples, I'm sorry I just don't understand.

[@manpreetsehdeva5785]

Is it essential to look for discrimination even in things that are just plain examples.. How comes there was no issue with why only dogs were mentioned. .they dint mention elephants... Elephants didn't become ignored or sidelined.....

[@AnyaChuri]

Thanks

[@ninzgarcia7469]

Bargin??

[@matty301]

Bill Clinton is sus, but I can agree with what he said about sleep deprivation.

[@fajardiniarikamil2712]

So his client knew about his wife and newborn child?

[@AIAPJ7925RJ]

Send me your favourite book list

[@elaleyo]

That’s not essentialism, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essentialism, this book is another mass produced whatever click bait, buy me trap, shallow book

[@SimGunther]

10:14 Like NAFTA? No hard feelings, Bill.

[@scottjackson163]

The wife was lying in the bed, not laying.

[@joshpolman201]

Um... that dog experiment is hypothetical, yeah? I really hope no one’s electrocuting dogs to prove a point.

[@nascentnaomie]

✨✨✨📝

[@christofthedead]

this isn't "essentialism" as the term has been used for thousands of years (Essentialism is a philosophical term referring to the view that objects have a set of attributes that are necessary to their identity). Very misleading title

[@dragonmaster7841]

Lol. Warren Buffet invested in Theranos. That’s not absolute.

[@mihirkumar8832]

The browser doesn't recognize the amazon link as a link, fix that.

[@gatesofevan]

ask nicely

[@mihirkumar8832]

I'm not asking.

[@seankennedy4284]

... "If we felt social discomfort, it meant we were close to being kicked out of the tribe." Nice review. That every little human behavior purportedly redounds to evolutionary explanation is annoying. I, for one, happen not to buy the theory. Otherwise, good stuff.

[@doug2731]

Bargin

[@ThePainterr]

...seems one has to [bar] oneself from certain activities in order to [gain] in life so that you don't come across or act as a [fool].....a fools bargain????

[@sipup_and_wander]

Don't shock dogs 🥺

[@DelusionalDreamers]

A Fool's *BargAin*

[@collinsvf13]

Video never loads...fuck

[@scottjackson163]

“Cog” - hard “g” sound. Like a cog in a machine. ReCOGnize, not reconize.

[@lahiru1k]

torturing dogs is a little messed up