summary ofThe Power of LessBook by Leo Babauta

first KEY POINT

Decluttering your life to focus on only essential things increases your effectiveness

With the advent of technology, we can do many things simultaneously. However, this has led to people being constantly overwhelmed with information and task overload. Many individuals consider this to be stressful and search for alternative ways to use technology moderately and still achieve helpful results. The only way out of this situation is to limit how much information we consume and do daily. Some principles you can apply in your life to make it simpler and more productive are:• Set limitations: create boundaries around the things you do to have time to focus on essential things.
• Choose the essential: the effectiveness of the limits you set can only be seen when you must choose what is necessary.
• Simplify: this is about letting go of things that are not important.
• Focus: concentrate on the task at hand instead of multitasking.
• Create habits: in forming new habits, try to focus on one thing at a time.
• Start small: for every change you want to see in your life, begin with something small. Don't start with big things that will be difficult to continue.Doing less makes us choose to do fewer things that will make the most impact instead of doing many things that are not important. There are two ways to determine if a task will yield a high impact. First is to examine your task list to determine which has a long-term reward and effect on your career and life goals. The second method is to choose tasks that will bring you closer to your long-term goals.

This summary aims to teach people how to simplify their personal and work life to be happier, less stressed, and more productive. It will also expose you to ways to hone your focus and break any goal into manageable tasks.