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#175 - Greg McKeown - Essentialism Explained: How To Focus On What Matters In Life

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Importance of prioritizing activities based on their significance

The speaker suggests plotting every activity on a continuum from zero to 100 based on its importance. They encourage questioning and possibly eliminating any activity that falls below 90%, in order to focus on essential, vitally important tasks or projects. The speaker emphasizes the impact of prioritizing activities, stating that engaging in lower priority tasks takes away from the potential of focusing on higher priority ones.

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