“If you seek tranquillity, do less.”
– Marcus Aurelius

In a world that constantly demands more from us, Greg McKeown’s book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less offers a refreshing and counterintuitive approach to achieving success and fulfillment. I finished it last weekend and decided to try to create a summary so I could browse it in the future when people are pushing for ‘more.’

This interesting book challenges the notion that we can have it all and advocates for a more focused, deliberate way of living and working.

The Core of Essentialism

At its heart, essentialism is about doing less but better.