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In today's work ecosystem of forced multitasking, being "busy" all the time, and never feeling comfortable saying "no", Essentialism provides unique principles for sorting through the noise and figuring out what is truly "essential". The author himself says brilliantly that "essentialism is not one more thing -- it's a whole new way of doing everything". The key principles that I have uncovered from this book are the following: (1) Work effectively, not efficiently (the latter does not imply that you are working on THE most important things) (2) Learn to say no to things (personal, work, etc) and take greater control of your life (3) Actively funnel to-do's, requests, etc through an internal "essential" test to decide whether something is truely important and should be done at all One caveat, similar to many books in this genre. If you are a low-ranking associate at your job, you will find it difficult to implement a fair number of these strategies Day 1 (e.g. "how the hell am I supposed to do this while working at a [law firm / bank / advertising agency / etc]). That being said, the principles are still worth reading and keeping with you, because as you grow more senior in your role (even if you're just managing one person initially), they will become incrementally more valuable