4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American productivity consultant who developed Getting Things Done (GTD) — a systematic method for capturing, organizing, and executing tasks that became the dominant personal productivity framework for knowledge workers globally.
Greg McKeown's 2021 sequel to Essentialism arguing that even after identifying the essential, people make important work harder than it needs to be — proposing that the second prioritization challenge is to make the essential effortless.
Greg McKeown's 2014 book arguing that the disciplined pursuit of less — doing fewer things but doing them better — is both more productive and more fulfilling than the typical modern attempt to do everything.
British author and consultant whose Essentialism and Effortless became widely read self-management texts in the business community — making the 'less but better' philosophy accessible and practical.