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Love People, Use Things

Because the Opposite Never Works : 'This is a book about how to live more deeply and more fully' Jay Shetty

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Love People, Use Things

By: Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus
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'The Minimalists show you how to disconnect from our conditioned material state and reconnect to our true essence: love people and use things. This is not a book about how to live with less, but about how to live more deeply and more fully.'
Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Like a Monk

AS SEEN ON THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARIES MINIMALISM & LESS IS NOW

How might your life be better with less?

Imagine a life with less: less stuff, less clutter, less stress and debt and discontent - a life with fewer distractions. Now, imagine a life with more: more time, more meaningful relationships, more growth and contribution and contentment - a life of passion, unencumbered by the trappings of the chaotic world around you. What you're imagining is an intentional life. And to get there, you'll have to let go of some clutter that's in the way.

In Love People, Use Things, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus move past simple decluttering to show how minimalism makes room to reevaluate and heal the seven essential relationships in our lives: stuff, truth, self, money, values, creativity and people. They use their own experiences?and those of the people they have met along the minimalist journey?to provide a template for how to live a fuller, more meaningful life.

Because once you have less, you can make room for the right kind of more.

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The Minimalists show you how to disconnect from our conditioned material state and reconnect to our true essence: love people and use things. This is not a book about how to live with less, but about how to live more deeply and more fully.
Joshua and Ryan have penned an urgent manifesto for the growing movement away from the material and towards the meaningful. An important book for our current moment.
Praise for The Minimalists
Sincere prophets of anti-consumerism.
The Minimalists speak eloquently about the spiritual, emotional, and financial liberation that can come with shedding your addiction to excess stuff. They are not monks, and they are not living on one grain of rice a day-they are just regular guys who changed their lives by getting rid of a lot of excess stuff.
[With the] charm of their buddy-act, The Minimalists have become the [minimalist] movement's American ringleaders.
[The Minimalists] inspire readers to take stock of their earthly possessions and question what is truly necessary to live a good life.
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I listen to the podcast but the book deals with the concept and message more in depth. It is 3am and I cant stop listening. I restarted my membership for this book. Worth the monthly credit!

Life changing

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Been a long time "consumer" of the Minimalists and this latest book doesn't fail to deliver. Simple guidance provided in bite size chunks with humility and honesty. Great pocket book of practicality.

Practical advice on a world that's lost its way.

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Loved it. I wanted to take my journey beyond the stuff and delve deeper and this book delivered. I look forward to hearing it again as it does need more than one hearing its so valuable and to be able to work through the questions it poses. Loved they read it themselves, feels more authentic. Thankyou.

Outstanding

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Follows a little of the storyline told in the other books, but this one is by a mile the best one so far!

the best book yet

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I have been following these guys for a while now and they have brought so much wisdom to my household. We are in the process of ridding our apartment of unnecessary items. However, the book goes further and has really helped me understand my values and helped me create a family ethos where we can understand what we want in life and what's important. cheers guys.

Enjoyable and a catalyst for change.

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