“Our whole society has become consumed by the undisciplined pursuit of more. It’s not all bad, but certain forces that have come together are producing an unintended result for all of us,” Greg said. “We are facing an unholy alliance between social media, smart phones, and consumerism. Greg believes that our society is consumed with wanting more and that’s why we consistently take on additional things. More more more.” Before we can fix the way we behave, we have to understand how we ended up here. Madness! I truly feel like it’s this perverse disease of thinking and it has an absolute monopoly right now. Greg says, “There’s a word for trying to do everything all the time. We recognize there’s so much we have to do, so we try to do it all. Greg’s book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Doing Less expands upon the things one needs to keep in mind should they proceed down the path of Essentialism. As soon as I heard Greg at SXSW, I wanted to put together an article on his work.
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