Need more hours in the day for what is important?

Here are 4 highlights I took from Essentialism.

1. Do less in life, but do it better. Being busy is not the key to success, focusing on your essential intent is.

2. This visual to the left is so powerful. Suppose you have 12 units of energy and they are all expended on one essential pursuit, as opposed to 12 different initiatives. Look at the progress you could make!

3.W-I-N should be your sole focus with whatever you are working on; be it family, work, hobbies … anything! Always start with W-I-N. What’s Important Now!

4.Plan for uncertainty as opposed to being surprised by it.

None of us saw the ACA, Vizient buying MedAssets or IDN-owned GPOs coming, but we should have been prepared for these big changes and others. McKeown gives great tactics to prepare for things like Amazon opening Hospitals, Watson doing surgery and Trump being elected President.

If you read this book let me know your thoughts. Thanks to Joe Walsh for the suggestion of this book. You can buy the book here if you are interested.