My summary of Essentialism. The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg Mc Keown
Geniuses like Mies Can der Rohe with his “Less is more” and Albert Einstein with his “Make things as simple as possible but no simpler.” had it crystal clear.
Do less and do it effortlessly.
My book summary of “Essentialism. The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” by Greg Mc Keown
1. The Essentialist
Only a tiny amount of things and people matter: “Basic value proposition of Essentialism: only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter”
Dieter Rams’s design criteria can be summarized by a characteristically succinct principle, captured in just three German words:
Weniger aber besser.
The English translation is: Less but better. A more fitting definition of Essentialism would be hard to come by.
“Essentialism is a disciplined, systematic approach for determining where our highest point of contribution lies, then making execution of those things almost…
