Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
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- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Greg McKeown
- ISBN：0593135644
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Reviews
Colin Marks
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I've had Essentialism on my to-read shelf for almost two years， and after reading Effortless， I'll definitely be pushing it towards the front of the queue。 The premise of Effortless can be summed up in two sayings， "Slow is smooth， smooth is fast"， and， "Work smart， not hard"。 Most of the lessons would be taught on any introductory project management course （i。e。 define what "Done" looks like）， but the writing is smooth and there is a charm to his anecdotes that make it an easy read。 I received I've had Essentialism on my to-read shelf for almost two years， and after reading Effortless， I'll definitely be pushing it towards the front of the queue。 The premise of Effortless can be summed up in two sayings， "Slow is smooth， smooth is fast"， and， "Work smart， not hard"。 Most of the lessons would be taught on any introductory project management course （i。e。 define what "Done" looks like）， but the writing is smooth and there is a charm to his anecdotes that make it an easy read。 I received copies of both the digital and audio versions， and I did find sometimes that his narration， when trying to convey sincerity， did come across in an irritating pleading tone。 Because of the checklists and footnotes， I suspect I'll be returning to the digital version more than the audio。A good， fun read， a solid 4*。Book supplied by Netgalley for an honest review。 。。。more
Oliver Webb
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#Effortless Thank you to #NetGalley for allowing me to read this book early in exchange for an honest review！ Simplicity is key。Effortless is filled with intriguing examples of people finding shortcuts or ways to make things easier。 This is an inspiring book about not giving up and instead finding easier， “effortless” ways of doing things that once seemed difficult。 McKeown focuses on the theme of working smarter not harder， using interesting case studies and giving gems of advice along the way。 #Effortless Thank you to #NetGalley for allowing me to read this book early in exchange for an honest review！ Simplicity is key。Effortless is filled with intriguing examples of people finding shortcuts or ways to make things easier。 This is an inspiring book about not giving up and instead finding easier， “effortless” ways of doing things that once seemed difficult。 McKeown focuses on the theme of working smarter not harder， using interesting case studies and giving gems of advice along the way。 This book has given me some useful habits to try out and opened me up to the idea that working harder and harder isn’t always the solution to our problems。This book is full of practical advice on improving productivity and how to work on big projects to achieve “effortless results” with so many small changes to take on and include in our day to day lives。 Definitely an interesting read and the narration by Greg himself was great and it was enjoyable to listen to。 This is a book to come back to every now and then when you’re in a bit of a rut and need a boost or reminder of habits that could help。 Solid 4。5/5 。。。more
Donna
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Effortless by Greg McKeownIn essence this book is about how to make the tasks that matter the most become effortless。 It's a very persuasive argument and backed up by lots of explanations and examples which really make the theory come to life。 I read it on my Kindle but would actually prefer the physical book so that I could keep flicking back and to between chapters and revisiting parts of it， bookmark pertinent bits etc。 Highly recommended！Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of th Effortless by Greg McKeownIn essence this book is about how to make the tasks that matter the most become effortless。 It's a very persuasive argument and backed up by lots of explanations and examples which really make the theory come to life。 I read it on my Kindle but would actually prefer the physical book so that I could keep flicking back and to between chapters and revisiting parts of it， bookmark pertinent bits etc。 Highly recommended！Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book。 。。。more
Lynn Brown
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I've not read the author's first book "Essentialism"， but I felt that this book was a standalone work that can be read independently， although it is a follow on book。I thought the first part of the book was overly wordy and was trying too hard to sell the idea of "effortless"。 A little like an infomercial， it promised many times that I would be able to make things more "effortless" and gave examples of people who had。 However， I wanted the "how to" now and not be made to wait for it。 Once I got I've not read the author's first book "Essentialism"， but I felt that this book was a standalone work that can be read independently， although it is a follow on book。I thought the first part of the book was overly wordy and was trying too hard to sell the idea of "effortless"。 A little like an infomercial， it promised many times that I would be able to make things more "effortless" and gave examples of people who had。 However， I wanted the "how to" now and not be made to wait for it。 Once I got through the first part of the book it was fine， and the "how to's" rolled off the page and I was gratified at last。You may be familiar with the term “work smarter… not harder”， it originated in the 1930s from a man called Allen F。 Morgenstern。 In essence I felt that this is what this book was trying to say， but giving real world up to date examples。 The book is certainly current as one such example was making masks for Covid -19。 It was these parts of the book that I enjoyed the most， reading about how people had transformed processes or simplified their work。 In fact this is a technique of "telling stories" that the book itself recommends。The key concepts of effortless are recapped at points throughout the book so you can easily get a quick reminder without reading the whole book again。 Another chestnut of advice from my childhood of "less haste， more speed" is also expanded on in the book to provide evidence of why "Mother knew best" afterall！ 。。。more
Kurtis
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Greg McKeown's Effortless is more or less the next level of the ideas introduced in his book Essentialism。The premise of the book is pretty simple: things don't have to be so hard。 In this book， Greg addresses how once we've gotten to the state of "essentials only" we sometimes still feel we have too much。 There are ways to get the results we want and need without putting so much effort out。 It is amazing looking around and seeing how often effort or time is associated with a good result。 We're Greg McKeown's Effortless is more or less the next level of the ideas introduced in his book Essentialism。The premise of the book is pretty simple: things don't have to be so hard。 In this book， Greg addresses how once we've gotten to the state of "essentials only" we sometimes still feel we have too much。 There are ways to get the results we want and need without putting so much effort out。 It is amazing looking around and seeing how often effort or time is associated with a good result。 We're finally starting to not view things so black and white in society， but there is still a long way to go。 Greg does a great job addressing this and suggesting practical ways to do more with less effort。 The book is broken down into 3 sections: Effortless State， Effortless Action， and Effortless Results。 The sections each offer practical advice that can be easily applied。I really enjoyed this book and can highly recommend that if you've read Essentialism you need to read this as well。 。。。more
Tonya Dalton
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Greg McKeown set the bar high with his first book， Essentialism so when I got an opportunity to read an advance copy of Effortless， I jumped at the chance。 Effortless is a solid follow up to for anyone who loved reading Essentialism as it builds off the foundation McKeown built of living a life focusing on what's essential。 That said， this book also stands alone on its own merit--you don't have to have read his first book to be able to shift your thought patterns or take action on the many piece Greg McKeown set the bar high with his first book， Essentialism so when I got an opportunity to read an advance copy of Effortless， I jumped at the chance。 Effortless is a solid follow up to for anyone who loved reading Essentialism as it builds off the foundation McKeown built of living a life focusing on what's essential。 That said， this book also stands alone on its own merit--you don't have to have read his first book to be able to shift your thought patterns or take action on the many pieces of advice he shares in this new book。 I highly recommend Effortless。 。。。more
Rachael | Booklist Queen
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Not as effortlessly inspiring as EssentialismWhat if you could achieve more without overexerting and overthinking？ McKeown stresses the importance of simplifying processes to get effortless results。 McKeown focuses on how to get yourself in the right mindset， how to simplify your actions， and then how to automate them to reach even greater results。 When I read McKeown's Essentialism last year， its simplicity spoke to me in a way few books have。 Needless to say， my expectations for Effortless wer Not as effortlessly inspiring as EssentialismWhat if you could achieve more without overexerting and overthinking？ McKeown stresses the importance of simplifying processes to get effortless results。 McKeown focuses on how to get yourself in the right mindset， how to simplify your actions， and then how to automate them to reach even greater results。 When I read McKeown's Essentialism last year， its simplicity spoke to me in a way few books have。 Needless to say， my expectations for Effortless were rather high。 Unfortunately， McKeown's newest book just didn't have the same power that Essentialism had， and I struggled to stay engaged with the uninspired advice。I received a complimentary copy of this book from Crown Publishing through NetGalley。 Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own。 。。。more
Createpei
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