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.

More of a self-help book...

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I'm afraid this reads more like a series of self-help pieces done in a zen style.

If that's what you're after, it's good for you. I'm afraid I was expecting a bit more than a self-help plan for various complaints. For example, I wasn't looking for an exercise or weight-loss plan, so those chapter were rather lost on me. Instead of the concept of "less" you get a "minimalist" get fit plan. Not quite what I was expecting.

Any additional comments?

The audio quality of this production could be better, too much bass resulting in a "cotton wool" type audio that's lightly muffled.

Have less to be with more

Leo is a minimalist, so explaining a leaving with less is so simple and with good examples.

This book got progressively better chapter by chapter; I plan to listen to it again

I though I understood this subject throughly already. Leo proved me wrong again. Thanks Leo. Hope to meet some day. -s.

Great book

Made my life easier - book full of great tools to ease your life. Recommend

Not bad, just not great

The Power of Less is a good book for limiting tasks and controlling time management. It is not a good guide for controlling clutter.

The author spends a lot of time discussing ways to limit email and other electronic "interruptions". He also gives some good advice about controlling your attention span with mindfulness. If you're looking for a decent book about how to organize your time, particularly at work, then this book may have some good ideas for you. I felt that the title misadvertised the book as a guide to reducing clutter, so maybe that's why I didn't enjoy it as much.

Good, but repetitive in a good way.

The Power of Less is one part minimalism and one part mindfulness. The repetition is effective and key to teaching the material, which is easy to read (listen to) but much harder to put into practice. The repetition may put off some readers, but it's by design and well intended by the author. I recommend you actively listen and take notes to get the most out of The Power of Less.

A plan

This is a good book to motivate me to get into gear! Good tips and practiblle.
I liked it and will listen again at a later date when I need to get motivated

Good content boring listen

The content of this book is really good. However, I would recommend somebody read this book instead of listen to it. It’s very dry and the presentation is boring but worth a read for sure.

Lost me when…

Lost me when he said tell your boss how it should be done and if they disagree have them call or email me hahahaha omg wow

Great

Simple and refreshing and short. A book you can listen to over again. Highly recommend