In the midst of that, I get an email from a colleague at the time saying, look, Friday between one and two would be a very bad time for your wife to have a baby. And so our daughter was born in the middle of late Thursday and early Friday morning. The next day I, to my shame, do go to the client meeting. If you don't prioritize your life, someone else will. That helped in hindsight to really frame and focus what it is I felt a sense of mission to teach and write about.
Greg McKeown is the NYT bestselling author of the Essentialism and Effortless. He is founder and CEO of McKeown Inc, an organization that helps leading companies such as Apple, Google and Pixar reach the next level of growth. Greg is also a world-renowned keynote speaker and host of the podcast What's Essential? with Greg McKeown.
Greg joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss how to prioritize the essential things in work and in life.
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