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The Effortless Life: A Concise Manual for Contentment, Mindfulness, & Flow
Written by Leo Babauta
Narrated by Fred Stella
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About this audiobook
This audiobook shares ways to make life less of a struggle, to help you find contentment in a world where little exists, to instill a bit of mindfulness in an age of distractions.
If you have struggled with:
- frustration
- distraction
- anger
- impatience
- unhappiness
- relationships
- goals
- work
- being present
… this audiobook is for you.
Author
Leo Babauta
Leo Babauta has been a reporter, editor, speechwriter, and freelance writer for the last 17 years. Babauta lives in Guam with his wife and five children, where he posts regularly on ZenHabits.net.
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Reviews for The Effortless Life
Rating: 4.402597415584416 out of 5 stars
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77 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A wonderful book full of wonderful ideas that are both practical and thought provoking. I'm excited to give it a try.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Third time listening to this. Very helpful in calming the mind and a reminder of that life is not so bad (at most times) when you live it simply. Thanks Leo!
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Overall a common-sense antidote to capitalist thinking disguised as a happiness manual, with hardly any actionable steps towards effortless living other than “need less,” “that costly thing you do that makes you happy? Don’t do it, find a cheaper thing to make you happy, instead!” Not what I thought it would be.