
McKeown began his mission for a less overcommitted life after he left his wife and hours-old baby in the hospital for an ultimately unproductive client meeting. Essentialism is a movement whose time has come. It’s about doing less, but better, in every area of our lives. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter.īy forcing us to apply more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy-instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us.Įssentialism is not one more thing-it’s a whole new way of doing everything. If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist.Įssentialism is more than a time-management strategy or a productivity technique.

It’s about getting only the right things done. More than one million copies sold! Essentialism isn’t about getting more done in less time.
