Simplify Your Life and Get More Out of It

by H. Norman Wright

Book Overview

Wright proposes that we can get more from our lives if we simplify and focus our pace, expectations, activities, relationships, possessions, and spiritual life. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568659091
• ISBN13: 9781568659091
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Tyndale House
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Eliminate the Clutter From Your Life!

Wright's book is an excellent tool for considering what you need to do to eliminate unnecessary clutter and start enjoying life.Among the points Wright covers include:1. 6 areas in life to simplify.2. Time wasters.3. Threats to balance.4. Thoughts on slowing down the pace of life.5. God views success differently from the world.6. Why we overload.7. Consequences of drivenness and overload.8. Taking lessons from energetic children.9. The types of negative people and how to deal with them.10. Serve God and others out of love, not guilt.Read and be encouraged to deal with an overcluttered and overinvolved spiritual life!

Real-world help for the overloaded life

I've picked up other books on simplifying your life, but they usually look terribly complicated, dealing only with the surface busyness. But Norm's book uses thought-provoking questions and exercises that really make you stop and consider your current course and your desired course, as well as practical helps to get from A to B. He breaks life down into six areas of potential clutter: pace, expectations, activities, possessions, relationships, and spiritual lives; and spends two chapters on each subject. If you know you need help in certain areas, but others are in pretty good shape, then you can use and skip chapters as necessary. The author never really says, "You should do this and stop doing this." he just asks the right questions to get you thinking about what you're doing and why, and how you might "do" life differently, all the while letting you take into consideration what works best for your personality, goals, etc. No cookie-cutter solutions here! (My only complaint: I would have liked more personal stories about the author's journey toward a simpler life. And Norm! -- you just look a little too happy on the cover!) Helpful, practical, down-to-earth. Get it, and get more out of your life.