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Simplicity
- Essays
- Narrated by: Simon Whistler
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary
Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus - The Minimalists - left their six-figure careers, jettisoned many of their material possessions, and started focusing on life's most important aspects. And they never looked back.
Simplicity: Essays is The Minimalists' fifth book and second essay collection, a follow-up to their bestselling Minimalism: Essential Essays. In the two years since the authors quit their six-figure corporate jobs and embraced simpler lives, they have written more than 200 essays on the subject of simple living. Simplicity: Essays serves as a "best of" collection for their most important collaborative writings.
This 152-page book contains 46 edited and revised essays about living a meaningful life with less stuff, including "UnAmerican Dream," "Asking Friends & Family to Embrace Change," and "I Am Not the Center of the Universe." It also includes a special forward by The Minimalists and two unpublished essays that can't be found anywhere else: "Simplicity" and "The Worst Christmas Ever."
The order of the essays in this collection is deliberate; they are meant to be read in sequence from beginning to end. Doing so will result in an experience that is different from reading these essays individually throughout the web, connecting various concepts that may otherwise seem unconnected.
These essays were written to encourage readers to think critically about the excess in their lives and, ultimately, to take action towards living more intentionally. This collection is short enough to be read in a few sittings, or it can be digested slowly, reading one essay a day for six weeks, applying its principals each day to your own life.
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- melisa
- 18-08-23
Is a bot reading this book? Why aren’t the minimalists reading it?
Brilliant book ruined by a bot reading it! Impossible to hear the message when read with ‘weird bot emphasis!!’ Unbelievable.
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- Truts
- 06-05-21
Great messages but irritating narration
I love The Minimalists and have purchased their audiobooks to make their messages and essays easier to digest while doing chores, running, etc. This audiobook has myriad positive messages from their essays, as expected. However, the narration is like listening to a computer narrate, being so monotonous and devoid of emotion that it was frustrating to listen to. I’m unsure if Simon Whistler is actually a bot voice. Bring back Justin Malik!
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- donnamoderna
- 04-11-19
Not for me
Could not cope with the reader's voice. I wanted to listen but just gave up. If I decide to read the book I will have to buy it.
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- Parker
- 07-01-20
The narration was terrible
Good lord! I just couldn't get the correct speed for the narration. Anything below 1.05 sounded very very slow and monotonous. Anything faster and it sounded like there were no pauses at the end of sentences. Not only that but even above 1.05 speed the voice would fluctuate from slower aaajtm faster. I've had to give up. I just can't listen to it.
I have listened to quite a few episodes of their podcasts, it would have been a lot better if Joshua or Ryan had narrated this, preferably Ryan given he doesn't get much air time on the podcasts.
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