With the arrival of the 21st century we have encountered a mental
and material explosion in the Western world: we have near-unlimited
information at our fingertips, we can have children who are healthy
and safe, and we have wealth and possessions beyond what most of
the world can dream of. Yet we are more stressed than we have ever
been: the majority of us are profoundly unhappy. Though we are
surrounded by what we want, our desire to keep and still get more
creates a pressure that we cannot tolerate. But the flipside of our
society is that we can choose what to accept, and what not to
accept: what to keep, and what to lose, joyfully and consciously.
With this handbook of simplicity, Leo Babauta shows us why less is
powerful, the difference between what you want and what you need,
and how to clear out what you don't.
Certainly one of the best and most practical books of its kind. The Scientific & Medical Network Review 20091101 Just the thing when you're feeling overwhelmed, his strategies for organising stuff (email, admin, life generally) are easy to follow. Red Magazine 20110201
Leo Babauta ist Journalist und arbeitet seit mehr als 17 Jahren als Reporter, Redakteur und freier Autor. 2007 startete er seinen Blog »Zen Habits« und schrieb dafür täglich Artikel darüber, wie man seine Ziele erreicht, über Produktivität und Organisation, Gesundheit und Fitness, Einfachheit und Glück, Familie und Finanzen. Inzwischen zählt der Blog zu den 50 erfolgreichsten der Welt.
