Description
This book is about the benefits of doing less in a world that has increasingly embraced more – more desire, more activity, more things, more exhaustion. This book is about stopping, as well as the possibility of finding composure in the midst of activity. It is also about the power of accomplishing more by doing less. Of course, a certain kind of being busy enables us to earn a living, be a leader, achieve academically, and create as an artist. The good kind of busy that makes us feel productive and avoid boredom. But “Less” is about something else. Call it crazy busy, way-too-busy, over-busy, or non-stop-busy, full of extraneous and getting-you-nowhere effort.Lesser calls it, simply, busyness, and it is taking over our world. Doing less means stripping away the activities and unhelpful ways of thinking that cram your day with stress and exhaustion. It means streamlining the activities you choose to engage in so that they become more satisfying and you derive more happiness from your achievements. It also means being fully present and engaged in whatever activity you undertake. Time for quiet and reflection are part of this transformative process – but the true power of a daily practice emerges only in conjunction with a different way of approaching and structuring one’s day and, Lesser writes, a different way of defining accomplishment.
