Author road · 12 Stations · 12 days · Personal Growth › Productivity
Think with Greg McKeown's tools
12 Stations through McKeown's two books, from choosing the vital few and cutting the rest to making what is left easier to do, ending in a one-page system you reread every week.
We do not re-summarise Essentialism; it has its own road. We connect two books: Essentialism's discipline of choosing less (trade-offs, clear criteria, the graceful no, the edit), then Effortless's question of how to make what survives easier to do. The order is a teaching order designed by BookYol, not the author's own.
The road, station by station
01Less, but better: see where your effort really goes
~5 minfrom Essentialism
Today’s Station — start →
02Trade-offs are real: pick the problem you want
lockedfrom Essentialism
03Make space to think, then find the real story
lockedfrom Essentialism
04The 90 Percent Rule: Only Clear Yeses Get In
lockedfrom Essentialism
05Say no without burning the bridge
lockedfrom Essentialism
06Exit the commitment you would never join today
lockedfrom Essentialism
Milestone
The essential, chosen
Where your effort goes is listed, one decision has been made with a two-line trade-off, a thinking block is in the calendar, one opportunity has been scored against criteria written in advance, one request has had a graceful no, and the exit from one commitment that no longer earns its place has begun.
07Edit like a film editor, then fence what's left
lockedfrom Essentialism
08What if this could be easy?
lockedfrom Effortless
09Decide what done looks like before you start
lockedfrom Effortless
10Start with the first obvious action
lockedfrom Effortless
11Set a floor and a ceiling for your pace
lockedfrom Effortless
12Make the essential the default
lockedfrom Effortless
Milestone
Destination: the essential made easy, on one page
The one-page system is written: intent, criteria, one boundary, the current project's definition of done, its first obvious action, the floor and ceiling of its pace, and one automation, with a fifteen-minute weekly review in the calendar.