Book: The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
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Last month, I have read the book The Power of Less by Leo Babauta.
After the announcement on the blog Zen Habits in January, I decided to order a copy of the book. Amazon however did not have enough stock and when I tried six months later, I could finally obtain it.
In The Power of Less, a number of chapters deal with changing the way you do things step by step. We get a prescription on how to install new habits and how to eradicate unhealthy ones. Important hereby is, to limit yourself to changing one habit at the time and setting achievable, easy goals, in order to keep motivation and the sense of progression.
Another important aspect of this guide is simplifying everything you do. This reminded me of Edward de Bono’s simplicity principles, although Leo Babauta does not use references to other books. The easy way we can simplify is:
1. Identify the essential
2. Eliminate the rest
Six easy principles for enhancing productivity
The productivity system in The Power of Less is easy to implement and removes all the complexity that we know from other systems like Getting Thing Done. Focus on the essential and eliminating distractions are the key elements. Like Leo sums it up:
1. Set limitations
2. Choose the essential
3. Simplify
4. Focus
5. Create Habits
6. Start Small
I liked the book very much. It is very easy to read and motivating; you want to start implementing the tips immediately!