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By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counterintuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on the important ones and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.

Death might seem to render pointless all our attempts to create a meaningful life. Doesn't meaning require transcending death through an afterlife or in some other way? On the contrary, Dean Rickles argues, life without death would be like playing tennis without a net. Only constraints—and death is the ultimate constraint—make our actions meaningful. In Life Is Short, Rickles explains why the finiteness and shortness of life is the essence of its meaning-and how this insight is the key to making the most of the time we do have.

Brought to you by Penguin. The audiobook edition of Happy, read by Derren Brown. Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it? In Happy Derren Brown explores changing concepts of...

The groundbreaking science of how and why we talk, and how this ability impacts every area of our lives Humans are the only species that can transform internal ideas into talk, whether through speech, writing, or sign language. But why do we have this almost magical, special talent? It turns out...

As seen on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday A beacon of hope in the face of our current world crises, this uplifting book demonstrates how embracing our interconnectedness is key to world transformation In a time of social and ecological crisis, what can we as individuals do to make the world a...

Filled with keen economic insight and advice for citizens, executives, policymakers, and educators, When More Is Not Better is the must-listen guide for saving democratic capitalism.

A timely and important book that urges greater responsibility in the face of growing inequality. Inequality in Britain is growing. Does this matter? Should we be bothered that the rich give proportionately much less than the poor? And that only a small minority of the very wealthy are giving generously? Ninety per cent of NHS trusts are restricting routine operations. Youth unemployment is at record levels. Giving is Good for You demonstrates that growing inequality and poverty is a threat to everyone.

En esta serie de Chilango, la escritora Andrea Fuentes indaga sobre la maternidad para descubrir cómo el maternar se (de)construye a partir de situaciones cotidianas, reflexiones críticas e impulsos poéticos en su Matrix: antimanual de maternidad, tomando de los clásicos manuales de maternidad como punto de partida, para dar vida a uno nuevo desde múltiples facetas, alejándose de todo estereotipo o mandato.

The teachings of Shunryu Suzuki have served for innumerable people as the gateway to Zen practice and meditation. In Zen Is Right Now, devoted student and biographer David Chadwick sheds new light on Suzuki’s presence and teachings through selected quotes from his lectures and a variety of stories told by his students.

Less Is More: Hegelian Fragments is a compilation of aphoristic fragments that explore philosophical aspects of human, and specifically Christian, identity. Engaging Hegel in particular, along with a selection of his precursors and recent interpreters, these fragments explore diverse aspects and tensions of human existence through heuristic interpretation of Hegelian themes. This exploration takes the form of compressed aphoristic writing whereby "less is more".

In War on Woke: Why the New MC Carthyism Is More Dangerous than the Old, Alan Dershowitz—#1 New York Times bestselling author and one of America’s most respected legal scholars—warns of the danger to the future of civil liberties and equality in America.

We started Less is More with Janus with a simple idea: to create a podcast that could change people’s lives. Since then, we have grown into a community of like-minded individuals who are passionate about personal growth and self-improvement.

The Podcast where there is ALWAYS more! More than meets the eye, more than the surface, more life! We will laugh, we will cry, and we will dig deep.  Join us in exploring this 3D world that we live in.  

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Ah, wedded bliss! The charming melodies of your partner chewing, every dirty dish stacked to perfection, passionate dialogue that is definitely NOT yelling! Real-life couple, Emily & Nathan explore the mirth and the myths of long term relationships.

Welcome to Is There More?, the podcast where we explore the transformative power of creativity, relationships, and learning to Dialog. This docuseries dives into the stories of creators and their teams who have crafted extraordinary music, films, TV shows, events, and companies—often through the most challenging times with family, friends, co-creators, followers, and fans. As Jaxon J. Huffman says, “The most entertaining thing you can do is create entertaining things. And the most healing thing you can do is create something extraordinary with those closest to you.”

Why is teaching so hard? Why aren't my students flourishing? Why am I feeling burnt out! Maybe, there is a better way! This is a show about the educator life where we try to identify the problems and solutions with modern education in California. Hosted by Steve Flores, a former chemistry and physics teacher from SoCal. Email questions and inquiries to lessismore.education@skiff.com or find me on instagram @lessismore.education Intro Music Credit: Less is More Into by Nick Matthews Instagram: @nickmathews21

LIFE IS ABOUT MORE THAN LIVING A PODCAST goal is to inspire, enlighten, encourage and points its listeners to potentially new life endeavors and while challenging for change our collective mindset by means of a variety of guests who appear upon it in addition to random opeds of Alfred Harrell.Its YouTube channel streams many of its most recent episodes at https://www.youtube.com/@lifeisaboutmorethanliving.LIFE IS ABOUT IS ABOUT MORE THAN LIVING A PODCAST launched in 2018 and is hosted by Alfred Harrell its creator who is also an author, inspirational speaker and poet. Subscribe to LIFE IS ...

In this book, Emrys Westacott examines why, for more than two millennia, so many philosophers and people with a reputation for wisdom have been advocating frugality and simple living as the key to the good life. He also looks at why most people have ignored them, but argues that, in a world facing environmental crisis, it may finally be time to listen to the advocates of a simpler way of life.

"Which Is More Important to You: Choice of Doctors or Cost?" is from the October 17, 2016 The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Austin Frakt and narrated by Fleet Cooper.