Essentialism is a radical shift in mindset, and behavior away from the nonessentialist mindset and behaviors so popular in today’s world. Nonessentialism is defined as the undisciplined pursuit of more. Essentialism, on the other hand, is the disciplined pursuit of less. Essentialism explains how to adopt an essentialist mindset, discern the trivial from the vital, cut out the trivial from your life, and make the vital things effortless.