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Greg McKeown

Greg McKeown and his wife, Anna, are the proud parents of four children. McKeown is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less and Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most, which together have sold three million copies and been published in forty languages. He’s the host of the top business podcast, The Greg McKeown Podcast, and creator of the 1-­Minute Wednesday newsletter. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and is conducting doctoral research at the University of Cambridge. He has served in many callings including bishop, stake Young Men presidency, and in the Los Angeles Mission presidency.