The January Book – The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
Howdy Team Awesome!
The Power of Less by Leo Babauta came to my attention at work. I work at the University of Kentucky and one of our professors uses it in a graduate level course as a textbook. It caught my eye. The subtitle sold me - The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential. I have two jobs (day job and writing job), a boyfriend, deadlines, an anthology I’m editing, cooking lessons, things to do, people to beat. I’m distracted and interrupted constantly. It’s impossible sometimes to get one single thing done in a day. This book might not change my life but it’s worth a shot, eh?
I’ve only read the introduction to the book so far but I’m already intrigued. I told Andrew (@andrewtshaffer on Twitter) that my philosophy of reading self-help books is that if I get one useful thing out of the book that I can keep and use for the rest of my life, it’s been worth the time and effort.
If you’re participating in the Team Awesome Book Club, get yourself a copy of the book, start reading, and post thoughts in the comment fields below. Also, if you post on Twitter or on your own blog about the book, hashtag your tweet with the official Team Awesome Book Club hashtag #TAbookclub.
Thanks, Twitches! Happy reading!
Tiffany!
Did you start yet? I just did and so far so good. I definitely agree with the concept of paring down and focusing on goals, but I REALLY like the idea of allowing yourself to focus on one thing wholeheartedly and being really present during things that matter. I got my little list of things together and am trying to decide what I want to attack first.
I did start! I think Andrew is right that the whole checking email only twice a day thing will kill me. But it’s worth a shot. I also LOVE the idea of putting everything into one project at a time. But how do I do that? I’m hoping he gets really practical in this book.
I finally got my kindle to upload this book and have started reading. Overall, I like the ideas that he puts out. I wish he’d use an example other than email because my day job does not allow me to employ his methods. Half my job is responding to emails and there is no way I could only check twice a day for five minutes. I see how it could apply to other things, but find it hard to overlook this part.
Okay, heading to bed to read more.
Good point. I have to check my work email constantly during busy times. During slow times, however, I could get away with twice a day. Where is really applies to me is my personal email account. I check it constantly and there’s no reason as very little in my personal life is that pressing.
Still reading!
Tiff!