Thursday 20 October 2011

zen habits: The Effortless Life: A Manual for Contentment, Mindfulness, & Flow

zen habits: The Effortless Life: A Manual for Contentment, Mindfulness, & Flow


The Effortless Life: A Manual for Contentment, Mindfulness, & Flow

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Post written by Leo Babauta.

I am very happy to share with you my new ebook, “The Effortless Life: A Concise Manual for Contentment, Mindfulness, & Flow.”

The book was meant to share 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’ve had problems with:

  • frustration
  • struggle
  • distraction
  • anger
  • impatience
  • unhappiness
  • relationships
  • goals
  • work
  • being present

… this book was written for you.


A Public Book: And it wasn’t just written by me — I wrote this book publicly, as others watched, and then hundreds of others helped to write and edit the book. It was an amazing collaborative effort, and I was humbled by the contributions.

Pay Anything: As a token of gratitude, I’m selling this book on a pay-as-you-see-fit model. That means you decide what you want to pay, and although I suggest a $15.99 price, you can pay more or less depending on your ability and how much you think it’s worth. If you absolutely can’t pay, you can get it for free (I trust that you’ll be honest and pay even a dollar if you can). If you do get it for free, please pay it forward with kindness to strangers.

And as always, the work is uncopyrighted.

Loaded Value: This book is actually a full digital package that includes 3 ebooks and a couple bonuses:

  1. The Effortless Life ebook, in three formats: PDF, epub (for the iPad/iPhone and others), and mobi (can be used on the Kindle).
  2. The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life, another of my ebooks that I think goes really well with this new book, a $9.95 value, PDF format.
  3. Thriving on Less, an ebook that was a companion to my print book, The Power of Less. PDF format.
  4. The Simple Method for Creating Habits, a brief bonus PDF that contains my habit-creation method that I teach in The Habit Course.
  5. The Effortless Life Q&A video, which I’ve recorded to answer common reader questions. It’s 31 minutes, online for buyers of this book only, downloadable to your computer if you wish.

This package could easily be worth $35-50. But you can decide what you see fit to pay. (You can edit the suggested price once you click “Add to cart” … just click “Update Cart” after you’ve changed the price.

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. What is an Effortless Life?
  3. Guidelines for an Effortless Life
  4. Wu Wei and Doing Nothing
  5. True Needs, Simple Needs
  6. Reduce Your Needs
  7. Cause No Harm & Be Compassionate
  8. Have No Fixed Goals or Plans
  9. Have No Expectations
  10. The Illusion of Control
  11. Living with Chaos
  12. Living Daily without Plans
  13. Why Plans are an Illusion
  14. Be Open to the Unfolding Moment
  15. Don't Create False Needs
  16. Be Passionate & Do Nothing You Hate Doing
  17. Don't Rush, Go Slowly, & Be Present
  18. Create No Unnecessary Actions
  19. Find Contentment
  20. Let Go of Success & the Need for Approval
  21. Prefer Subtraction
  22. Changing Your Mindset & Getting Rid of Guilt
  23. My Experiments with an Effortless Life
  24. Be Like Water
  25. Equal Weight to Every Action
  26. Eating Simply
  27. Effortless Parenting
  28. Effortless Relationships
  29. Effortless Work
  30. Turning Complaints Into Gratitude
  31. Letting Go of Struggle
  32. Dealing with Others
  33. You're Already Perfect
  34. Putting This Book Into Practice
  35. Effortless Writing & This Very Book

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