# Essentialism the disciplined pursuit of less
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# Metadata
- Author: [[Greg McKeown]]
- Publication date: 2021
- date of reading: 2022
# Summary
The book tells how, in the author opinion, it is better to focus on a very limited of things fully, than to try to do many partially.
## Essentialism in three words
Less but better
Essentialism is about focusing energy on the least amount of things, making it:
- about choice
- about focus
- about freedom of mind