#39: Greg McKeown (NYT Bestselling Author) — On Essentialism, Negotiation, and Legacy

<p class=""><a href="https://gregmckeown.com/"><strong>Greg McKeown</strong></a> has dedicated his career to discovering why some people and teams break through to the next level—and others don’t.</p> <p class="">The definitive treatment of this issue is addressed in McKeown’s <em>New York Times</em> and <em>Wall Street Journal </em>bestseller, <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Essentialism-Disciplined-Pursuit-Greg-McKeown/dp/0804137382"><strong><em>Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less</em></strong></a>.  As well as frequently being the #1 Time Management book on Amazon, this book challenges core assumptions about achievement to get to the essence of what really drives success.</p> <p class="">McKeown is the CEO of McKeown Inc. His clients include Adobe, Apple, Google, Facebook, Pixar, Salesforce.com, Symantec, Twitter, VMware and Yahoo!. His writing has appeared or been covered by <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>Fast Company, Fortune,</em> <em>HuffPost, Politico, and Inc. Magazine</em>. He is among the most popular bloggers for the <em>Harvard Business Review</em> and <em>LinkedIn’s Influencers</em> group: averaging a million views a month.</p> <p class="">McKeown has been interviewed on numerous television and radio shows including <em>NPR</em>, <em>NBC, FOX, </em>and as a regular guest on <a href= "https://youtu.be/q9cik8MtY4U"><strong><em>The Steve Harvey Show</em></strong></a><em>.</em> <em>Entrepreneur</em> voted his <a href= "https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/greg-mckeown-pursue-only-what-essential"> <strong>interview at Stanford University</strong></a> the #1 Must-See Video on Business, Creativity and Success.  </p> <p class="">For full notes and to download the show notes to this episode, visit <strong><a href= "https://www.calwalters.me/">www.calwalters.me</a></strong></p>