{"id":2461,"date":"2015-02-04T17:15:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T00:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coachingreallyworks.com\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2016-10-25T02:57:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T09:57:01","slug":"really-less-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/really-less-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Really Have To Do All That? Do Less But Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never wanted to considered myself a workaholic, but I may have to admit to it.\u00a0Maybe you are like me and you enjoy being busy, and especially getting involved in new things. I may be guilty of misusing the maxim, &#8220;Well begun is half done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Instead of doing a lot, could you benefit from doing less but doing it better? I&#8217;m learning about this idea for a book I&#8217;m reading.<\/p>\n<h2>In this Video:<\/h2>\n<p>00:05 &#8211;\u00a0What is Essentialism?<br \/>\n01:34 &#8211; About Trade-offs &#8211; Quote From The Book<br \/>\n02:09 &#8211;\u00a0Ask Yourself This Powerful Question<br \/>\n02:20 &#8211; Affirmation to Help You Move Forward<\/p>\n<h2>Listen To The Audio:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\">[powerpress]\n<h2>Watch the Video:<!--more--><\/h2>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:360px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6G8ZsfAmfbs?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Transcription<\/h2>\n<p>Hello this is Abe Stone, the life design coach at C<a href=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\">oachingReallyWorks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today I want to do something different, I want to share a book with you.<\/p>\n<p>I \u00a0am in the middle of reading\u00a0this book and it is a learning process to me right now. But\u00a0I want to get it out to you and I want you to be able to think about it.<\/p>\n<p>Send me some feedback because I would like to see what you think about it and how it can work on your life and how you can benefit from it.<\/p>\n<p>So I am going to keep this short so you can benefit from it, move on and get something more.<\/p>\n<h3>What is Essentialism?<\/h3>\n<p>The book is by a man named\u00a0<strong>Greg McKeown\u00a0<\/strong>and the book is called<a title=\"...on Amazon.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00G1J1D28\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong> Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have a kindle copy right here.<\/p>\n<p>There is a concept that he is sharing in his book that is \u00a0changing the way that I look at things, the things\u00a0that I choose to involve myself in, and the way that I spend my time and organize my days.<\/p>\n<p>Initially the idea is a little bit hard for me, thinking about essentialism\u00a0and the idea of doing less, because I am the kind of person that wants to do more, I want to grow, I want to get into more things and I want to keep learning and keep developing so initially I was a bit\u00a0resistant to the idea of reading this book.<\/p>\n<p>Once I started\u00a0reading I found it to be very powerful. Its started influencing a lot of the ideas that I have and the things that I&#8217;m doing.<\/p>\n<p>The main thing about this book is simply this..<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">DO LESS BUT BETTER.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And I would like to ask you to think about this idea. How could you do less but do it better? <em>Do whatever you are doing in a much deeper way and more fulfilling way<\/em> or even do more of what is important to you and less of so many different things.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a quote from this book that will get you thinking, he says, &#8220;Essentialists\u00a0see trade-offs.&#8221; I guess that&#8217;s trading off your time, &#8221; I am going to let go of this so I can focus on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Essentialists see trade-offs as an inherent part of life, not as an inherently negative part of life.\u00a0Instead of asking &#8216;What do I have to give up?&#8217; they ask, &#8216;What do I want to go big on?'&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Greg Mckeown<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So the question that I want to leave you with in this post is:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>What can this idea of doing less but better mean for me and my life?&#8221;<\/h3>\n<h3>What can I go big on now?&#8221;<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I do recommend that you read the book. Check it out and tell me what you think. Leave me a comment in the comment section below or come over to Facebook. I am going to put the post there and you can add your comments there or any quotes or ideas that you like.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an affirmation for you.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>I am so happy and grateful now that I make time for the important things in my life.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is Abe Stone! The\u00a0life design coach at CoachingReallyWorks.com<\/p>\n<p>Take Care!<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 { overflow:visible; }<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never wanted to considered myself a workaholic, but I may have to admit to it.\u00a0Maybe you are like me and you enjoy being busy, and especially getting involved in new things. 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