Effortless

The follow-up to Essentialism: once you know what matters, make it easy. Simplify steps, automate toil, and design residual results that compound—perfect for platform and DevEx work.

Greg McKeown Currency, 2021 ISBN 9780593135648
Who This Is For: Platform engineers, DevEx leads, and managers who want sustainable velocity without burnout.

Effortless teaches you to design systems where the right thing is the easy thing—reduce friction, automate toil, and build residual results.

Who This Is For

Platform engineers, DevEx leads, and managers who want sustainable high performance without heroics or burnout.

Key Takeaways

  • Invert the effort question: make essential work easier, not yourself harder.
  • Simplify steps first—fewer steps beats faster execution every time.
  • Design for residual results: work that keeps delivering after you finish.
  • Batch similar tasks to reduce context switching and decision fatigue.
  • Automate repetitive essentials to protect capacity for high-leverage work.

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