Essentialism by Greg Mckeown

Author:Greg Mckeown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joosr Ltd

Devise an effective routine for carrying out your essential activities with ease

Having established some clarity of purpose, it is important that you are able to put your chosen engagements into practice with minimal obstruction. The most effective method of achieving this is to create a routine that reflects your distinction between the essential and the nonessential by firmly implanting the most-critical activities within the structure of your day.

It has been repeatedly shown that any task becomes easier with repetition, because practice makes your ability to perform an activity gradually more automatic. As tasks become less difficult, you will find that this opens up more mental space, and your energy will be boosted. And, despite a reputation for dull tedium, routine can actually be stimulating for creativity and innovation, thereby increasing your chances of further success. Not only this, but by having a firm routine with only your most essential activities embedded within your day, you will find that you actually have more free time as a result. Instead of getting caught up in nonessential emails, distractions, or favors, you can spend more time with your friends and family, or a leisure activity you enjoy—which will only further benefit your well-being.

The effectiveness of a strict routine in stimulating creativity and boosting productivity is exemplified by one of the most successful companies in Silicon Valley. At this company, the CEO has made it the rule that there is a three-hour meeting every Monday morning, for everyone to attend. It might seem tedious, but as the meeting is regular and universal, and no planning is necessary about when or where it takes place or who is involved, all attendants can simply apply themselves to thinking about the most-pressing questions at hand. The CEO has ensured that the setup for the generation of ideas is preprogrammed, and the result is that the most-innovative suggestions always come out of this regular Monday meeting.

Whereas a nonessentialist assumes that their priorities will only be achieved as a result of hard graft—which is made infinitely more difficult by the fact that they are straddling many objectives at once—an essentialist looks for ways to automatize their more selective and disciplined agenda, and is able to enjoy the added benefits of greater mental space for new ideas, and more free time to spend at leisure. Routine therefore not only ensures a degree of focus, but can lead to positive change in the form of innovation as well.

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