The Power of Less

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

By: Leo Babauta

Narrated by: Fred Stella

Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

With the countless distractions that come from every corner of a modern life, it's amazing that we're 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, you'll finally be able work less, work smarter, and focus on living the life that you deserve.

©2008 Leo Babauta (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Really Helpful

What did you love best about The Power of Less?

Great for time management, stuff management and life management. Very straightforward and to the point (as a book so titled should be!). Detailed steps for how to get from here to there.

Spot on advice for increasing productivity

Having been in a slump for a few weeks, I was looking for a motivational read. This book was just the ticket in that it offers ideas on how to control your time, chart/plan big projects and tackle the basics like decluttering and exercising that will make you feel better. A bonus is how he pointed out what steals our time and how to avoid mindlessly losing hours or days to unproductive activities. Really enjoyed this book.

Great and relaxed intro to the benefits of needing less

Fred Stella has a very calm voice when reciting the words of Leo Babauta’s book: The Power of Less. This bite-size book by Leo Babauta provides a gentle introduction to the benefit of less with respect to personal, work and travel.

good practical knowledge

Loved it. Simple steps to help keep my mental state in th best space possible. Excited to share with family and friends.

A fair review I think

Would you try another book from Leo Babauta and/or Fred Stella?

The narration was okay - it was the material I had problems with.

Any additional comments?

I could never give anyone a 1 star review - a person gets 2 stars in my book just for getting up in the morning and earns three for attempting something like writing a book.The book's recommendations can be summed up in a short phrase "Reduce the things you do to 3 things", which I have done for years - but primarily because it was intuitive that much more than this would dilute my effort. As someone who's been a practicing Buddhist for about 20 years, much of what the author was offering was basically some really simple Buddhist practice. I won't fault the author for that as a large amount of self improvement books are basically Buddhist practices without crediting the source, but the author lacked much understanding into the depth of it - or at least failed to communicate it - and in my opinion on some subtle points was just wrong. All in all, I try to give every book a fair shot - and listen to them all the way through and try to do it without passing judgement - often some great dharma presents itself after hours of filler - but this was so painful I just couldn't wait for it to end and alas left me with unfulfilled hopes. If you are of similar experience to me in Buddhism or meditative practices - keep walking - make the author happy by not leaving reviews like this - and press on to find more useful material. If not, maybe you will find the material not so simplistic and obvious.

Powerful and transformational book

I loved this book. It really challenged me to rethink my work and home environments and make some needed changes.

I enjoyed it very much

I have enjoyed all the chapters.The book is comprehesive and all the techniques are very practical if you feel overwhelmed in your life.The advice how to de-clutter your office and home and how to organize your email are helpful and effective.I was surprised by the advice how to stay motivated and achieve your goals-the list compiled here contains some special items and is very compresive.I loved also the performance by Fred Stella.I recommend warmly! It can change your life!

Worth having

I was already familiar with some of the concepts written by Leo Babauta, but in this audiobook the ideas are presented in a larger context. It's a refreshing book and addresses many situations that are familiar to anyone trying to get things done. The book will pay for itself manyfold when you act on its recommendations.

Rave Reviews from a family therapist

I loved listening to this book. I'm a family therapist and I will not only use some of the suggestions in my personal life but also with my clients. People struggle often when they have so many things to work on but this gives me a different perspective and I will start using this approach with them as well.

Good info. Could be better.

I’m glad I finished this book because I like the concept. It did help me break down goals and focus on the specific ones with biggest gains for my work. At times though this book felt like a group of repetitive lists. These lists throughout the chapter would be anywhere from 10-20 points about a specific aspect of The Power of Less. This format seemed to keep the information and more at the surface level than I would have hoped. Again good information presented and definitely can help you jumpstart a focus on the goals and habits important to you.