About this episode

Greg McKeown discusses burnout and strategies to declutter the mind for better mental energy.

Hey, Heal Squad! We definitely wanted to keep the momentum going after Dhar Mann talked about burnout and living your authentic self, so today we are throwing it back to our conversation with Greg McKeown, New York Times Bestselling author for our throwback Thursday episode. Greg McKeown, New York Times Bestselling author of Essentialism & Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most teaches us  how overthinking leads to clutter and less mental energy, and emphasizes that we must declutter our brains. We discuss burnout and how there are only two types of people in the world right now, those who are burnt out and those who acknowledge they are burnt out. Greg gives us tools on how to spot burnout and teaches us that past a certain point, working harder leads to negative results...it’s not worth the burnout. We learned that through journaling, making our chores fun and giving them purpose, being more present and CHOOSING to take the lighter vs the heavier path we can all start to live a more effortless life. Greg teaches us that instead of saying “how can I work harder to get better results?” say “how can I achieve better results by making it more effortless?” We also…

People in this episode

Host: Maria Menounos

Guest: Greg McKeown

Topics covered

• burnout
• mental energy
• decluttering
• self-improvement
• authenticity
• effortlessness

Keywords

• burnout
• mental energy
• declutter
• self-improvement
• effortless living
• journaling
• perfectionism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times

Books & works: Essentialism, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most

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