The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life

by Leo Babauta

Overview

With the countless distractions that come from every corner of a modern life, it's amazing that were ever able to accomplish anything. The Power of Less demonstrates how to streamline your life by identifying the essential and eliminating the unnecessary freeing you from everyday clutter and allowing you to focus on accomplishing the goals that can change your life for the better.

The Power of Less will show you how to:

• Break any goal down into manageable tasks
• Focus on only a few tasks at a time
• Create new and productive habits
• Hone your focus
• Increase your efficiency

By setting limits for yourself and making the most of the resources you already have, youll finally be able work less, work smarter, and focus on living the life that you deserve.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401309701
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	01/01/2009
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	126,442
Product dimensions:	8.52(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.59(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Leo Babauta has been a reporter, editor, speechwriter, and freelance writer for the last 17 years. He founded ZenHabits.net with no funding in January 2007, and one year later it is a top 50 blog with about a million unique visitors per month. Using the methods he shares in THE POWER OF LESS over the last two years, he's trained and successfully completed a marathon, he's doubled his income, he's eliminated his debt, he's quit smoking, and he's written a novel.

Editorial Reviews

According to Babauta (Zen to Done), employing "the power of less" will propel readers from chaos to blissful and productive minimalism. Learning to set limitations, such as penning a three-item "Most Important Task" list every day and restricting e-mails to five lines, is a cornerstone for the author's plan for increased simplicity and satisfaction. With new boundaries in place, readers can discover "flow," become wholly absorbed in tasks and live the paradox of doing less and achieving more. (Jan.)

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Publishers Weekly

What better way to start the New Year than to get rid of the old and start anew? Popular blogger Babauta (ZenHabits.net) advises readers to identify the essential and eliminate the rest, while life coach Blanke (Between Trapezes) cuts to the chase, ordering her audience to empty that stuffed kitchen drawer. What distinguishes Blanke's book is her advice to let go of not only stuff but also regrets, ideas about one's personality type, and the need to be liked by everyone. Babauta, too, advocates five-sentence emails and single-tasking for clearing away mental clutter. Both worthwhile purchases are heartily recommended.

—Deborah Bigelow

Library Journal

In some circles this message could be considered very controversial. A book about how to do less, rather than more, needs an assured, convincing narration such as the one Fred Stella provides. The author’s countercultural exhortations—that one check email only once or twice a day and limit one own email messages to five lines, for example—come across with genuine plausibility as a result of Stella’s precise enunciation and slight upward inflection at the end of each paragraph or section. Stella’s purposeful, steady flow maintains the listener’s attention as he presents practical steps towards unhooking from the manic pace of modern life. Positive and upbeat, Stella's enthusiasm infuses this clarion call to return to a simpler way life. M.R.

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APRIL 2009 - AudioFile