> [!metadata] Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less > [author:: Greg McKeown] > [cite-key:: mckeown2014EssentialismDisciplinedPursuit] > [date-published:: 2014-04-15] > [genre:: Business & Economics] > [keywords:: ] > [notes:: [[mckeown2014EssentialismDisciplinedPursuit-notes]]] > > **(description-short:: Essentialism is not one more thing — it’s a whole new way of doing everything. A must-read for any leader, manager, or individual who wants to do less, but better, and declutter and organize their own their lives, Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.)** > > (description:: The Way of the Essentialist isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting _only the right things_ done.  It is not a time management strategy, or a productivity technique. 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 towards the things that really matter.</br></br>By forcing us to apply a 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.)