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Design a life that really matters. I’m your host, Greg McKeown, author of New York Times bestsellers “Effortless” and “Essentialism” and I’m on mission to help you advocate and negotiate your way to remarkable results without burning out. Come with me on this journey every Tuesday and Thursday as we examine the most essential areas of our lives. Learn more about my books and courses at https://GregMcKeown.com.

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196. From Problem Solving to Problem Finding (Part 1) May 16, 2023

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Have you ever been so busy addressing peripheral issues but have that sinking feeling that the real core of the issue is not being addressed? This is part one of a four-part solo series on that subject, and upcoming guest episodes will also be providing more insight on the same subject. By the end of today's episode, you will understand that the seminal research was produced on the distinctive difference between problem finding and problem solving, and you'll begin your journey of improving skill in this essential area.

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195. The Shape of Life with Bruce Feiler (Part 2) May 11, 2023

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Today is part two of my interview with Bruce Feiler. Bruce is the author of six consecutive New York Times bestselling books. He's a deep thinker and he's interviewed thousands of people to try to understand what really leads to a higher contribution. His research shows that thinking of work as a single linear career where your job is to go higher and higher is not the way to maximize contribution. By the end of this episode, among other things, you will have what Bruce feels is the single most powerful question he has ever discovered for helping people – to find what their real essential mission and calling in life is.

Learn more about Bruce here: https://www.brucefeiler.com/

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194. Trust (Effortless Work Series) May 09, 2023

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Have you ever felt working with people in the workplace is harder than it needs to be? It's long been thought that it's faster and easier to just do things yourself, but this can be such a false economy. What we know now is that the right person makes everything faster, easier, and better than if you try to do it yourself. By the end of this, part four in the series of four parts about how to make work life more effortless, you will be able to select people who make getting the right things done faster and comparatively more effortless.

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193. The Shape of Life with Bruce Feiler (Part 1) May 04, 2023

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Have you ever felt that your life could be more than a simple career? Today I've invited Bruce Feiler to be here. He's the author of six consecutive New York Times bestsellers, and by the end of this episode, you'll be able to escape the suffocating idea that all there is to a career is to go higher and higher on a single linear ladder of success. This is not the way to your highest contribution and Feiler will explain how.

Learn more about Bruce here: https://www.brucefeiler.com/

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192. Increase Productivity in the Workplace (Effortless Work Series) May 02, 2023

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Have you ever wished that you could accomplish more by doing less at work? This is part three of a four part series on how to apply Effortless thinking to the sometimes exhausting world of work. By the end of this episode, you will be able to trade off some of the exhausting meetings and replace them with high yield low maintenance delegation.

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191. Navigating Life's Biggest Decisions with Abby Davisson (Part 2) Apr 27, 2023

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Are you facing a really big decision in your life right now? Or is someone you know facing an important crossroads? How do you process that? How do you make the best possible decision? Well, this is part two of my conversation with Abby Davisson. She's the author, along with Myra Strober, of a book called Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life’s Biggest Decisions. It's based on the popular Stanford University course called Work and Family. In this episode, you will learn how to use the 5Cs method to be able to communicate and check in with the people who matter most, so that you can talk about the decisions that matter most.

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190. Make Email Effortless (Effortless Work Series) Apr 25, 2023

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Welcome part two of a four part series on how to apply Effortless thinking to the world of work. Have you ever felt that email was harder than it needs to be? By the end of this episode, you will have practical suggestions you can immediately apply to take one of the most frustrating and exhausting elements of modern work life and make it easier.

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189. Navigating Life's Biggest Decisions with Abby Davisson (Part 1) Apr 20, 2023

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Have you ever had a decision of consequence to make in your life? Something that really made a difference if you go left versus going right? Should I marry this person? Should I take this job? Should I move to this place? Today I have invited Abby Davisson here. She's the co-author of Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life’s Biggest Decisions. By the end of today's episode, you will understand the 5Cs method. It's a step by step way of thinking about the decisions that really matter.

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188. Make Meetings Effortless (Effortless Work Series) Apr 18, 2023

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Do you dread attending meetings because they seem like a waste of time and energy? Are you tired of spending your days in back-to-back meetings with little time left to focus on your actual work? If so, this episode is for you. Meetings can be a drain on our time and energy, but they don't have to be. In this episode, the first of a series of four episodes about how to apply effortless thinking to our work lives, I'll begin with something that is anything but effortless – Meetings.

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187. Reframing Your Problems with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg (Part 2) Apr 13, 2023

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We're back here for part two of my interview with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg. He spent years studying the problem of problems and particularly the skill of reframing problems in order to make sure that before we rush into solutions, we are actually addressing the best possible problem. By the end of this episode, you will have practical tools to utilize immediately to be able to improve your skill in this area.

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