Greg McKeown
Greg McKeown, is a public speaker, business thought leader, consultant, and a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author
19 quotes.
Quotes by Greg McKeown
- Attention paid to noise is focus stolen from purpose.
- Discern the vital few from the trivial many.
- Don’t spin your wheels trying to get everything done. Focus on getting the right things done instead.
- Everything changes when we give ourselves permission to be more selective in what we choose to do.
- If it isn’t a clear yes, then it’s a clear no.
- If you are too busy to think then you are too busy.
- Less clutter, more clarity. Fewer goals, deeper impact. This is the path to joy.
- Making hard trade-offs is where leadership is tested.
- People will plateau at exactly the same level that their selectivity plateaus.
- Say no to many good things so you can say yes to a few great things.
- Small habits are louder than big plans.
- The bottom line is this: if you want to engage your employees at a whole new level, if you want to become a person of greater influence, and if you want to discover a new kind of power — listen.
- The relentless elimination of noise creates a path to innovation. Clear the unnecessary and watch new ideas bloom.
- The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default.
- There should be no shame in admitting to a mistake; after all, we really are only admitting that we are now wiser than we once were.
- We can either make our choices deliberately or allow other people's agendas to control our lives.
- When you say yes to something nonessential, you are saying no to something essential.
- You can do a few things superbly well, or a lot of things averagely well.
- You get your life back the moment you learn to say no to almost everything.