Greg McKeown is an author, public speaker in leadership, and business strategist. Greg often speaks on how to live and lead as an essentialist. He has dedicated his career to discovering why some people and teams break through to the next level—and others don’t. His writing has appeared or been covered by The New York Times, Fortune, HuffPost, Politico, and Harvard Business Review. He is the CEO of McKeown Inc. whose clients include Adobe, Apple, Google, Facebook, Pixar, Twitter, and Yahoo!.In this episode, Eric and Greg discuss his book, Effortless: Make it Easier to Do What Matters Most. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!In This Interview, Greg McKeown and I Discuss How to Make Life Easier and …His book, Effortless: Make it Easier to Do What Matters MostThe power of gratitude – and how it literally cannot be overpracticedThe practice of saying something you’re grateful for after every time you complainWhat it means to live in the gain vs. live in the gapAsking yourself, “what if there’s no other way than this to grow in this life?”The many ways we make life harder than it needs to beThat holding a grudge is a primary way of making life harder than it isThe power of asking the question: “What did I hire this grudge to do? Is it doing it?”The way conditions on forgiveness still trap you overtimeUsing words to create the future relationships I wantThe role and power of Deep ListeningGreg McKeown Links:Greg’s WebsiteInstagramFacebookTwitterIf you enjoyed this conversation with Greg McKeown, you might also enjoy these other episodes:Finding Zen in the Ordinary with Christopher KeevilMelody Warnick on Loving the Place You LiveSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.