A review by rozarka
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

informative

3.0

It's one of those books that are informative and I agree with the overall message (I even put some of the principles described in the book in use in the past), but they are so infuriating to read. I don't need every book to cater to every person (especially self help book), but seriously, couldn't the author at least acknowledge that he was speaking from a place of privilege? Just a hint of self awareness? A little bit? And maybe not show as a good example people like Jeff Bezos who may talk how they value getting enough sleep and then you read articles about working conditions at their companies... Or say shit like "it's better to be understaffed than hire the wrong person quickly". And who is going to do the work of the missing employee, dear author? Who? [insert the goose meme] And are they allowed to say no?