title: Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less
author:  Marc Lesser 
description: <DIV>&#8220;This wise, beautifully written book is grounded in a refreshing new way to understand busyness and filled with concrete strategies to recapture your quality of life &#8212; for good.&#8221;<BR>&#8212; Cheryl Richardson, author of <I>Take Time for Your Life</I><BR><BR>&#8220;A wise, compassionate, and insightful guide to finding spaciousness in the only place it truly exists: inside your own mind, heart, and life.&#8221;<BR>&#8212; Jane Hirshfield, poet and author of <I>After</I> and <I>Nine Gates</I><BR>&#160;<BR>&#8220;With gentle wisdom and real-world common sense, Marc Lesser effortlessly integrates profound spiritual wisdom into a clear and doable program for sane self-improvement, whatever the challenges of your work or life.&#8221;<BR>&#8212; Norman Fischer, Zen abbot and teacher, poet, and author of <I>Sailing Home</I><BR>&#160;<BR>&#8220;Marc Lesser dives into one of the most pervasive and persistent difficulties of our time &#8212; overwhelming busyness &#8212; with courage, deep practical know-how, profound spiritual understanding, and kindness....<I>Less</I> goes way beyond most self-help books &#8212; yet stays within everyone&#8217;s reach. Quite amazing.&#8221;<BR>&#8212; James Flaherty, founder of New Ventures West Integral Coaching and author of <I>Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others</I><BR><BR>&#8220;This valuable work is so loaded with practical, applicable insights and suggestions to simplify work and daily existence that after reading it I felt that I should be studying at Marc&#8217;s feet....Give your daily life and work a spring cleaning by following the practices and path suggested in this book.&#8221;<BR>&#8212;&#160;Peter Coyote, actor and writer<BR><BR>&#8220;This Buddhist teacher-cum-lifestyle coach has come up with a very practical life plan.&#8221;<BR>&#8212; <I>Mandala</I> magazine<BR><BR>&#8220;Less is more, as the old saying goes. Author Marc Lesser takes this to heart in his new book, <I>Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less</I>. 'Too often we mistakenly believe that doing less makes us lazy and results in a lack of productivity,' Lesser writes. What it really does, he argues, is make us better appreciate the things we actually do get done. The author offers a 'Less Manifesto' aimed at getting more of those kinds of things you can&#8217;t put your hands on: patience, love, kindness, generosity, and quiet self-reflection.&#8221;<BR>&#8212; <I>Body + Soul</I> magazine</DIV>
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  ## Jason Hickel
  
  
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  ### LESS IS MORE
  
  
  #### How Degrowth Will Save the World
  
  
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  ## Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Title Page](title.xhtml#title_page)
  
  
  * [About the Author](about_author.xhtml)
  
  
  * [By the Same Author](also_by.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Epigraph](dedication.xhtml)
  
  
  * [PREFACE: By Kofi Mawuli Klu and Rupert Read of XR](preface001.xhtml)
  
  
  * [INTRODUCTION: Welcome to the Anthropocene](introduction.xhtml)
  
  
  * [**_Part One_ : More is Less**](part001.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [ONE: Capitalism – A Creation Story](chapter001.xhtml)
  
  
  * [TWO: Rise of the Juggernaut](chapter002.xhtml)
  
  
  * [THREE: Will Technology Save Us?](chapter003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [**_Part Two_ : Less is More**](part002.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [FOUR: Secrets of the Good Life](chapter004.xhtml)
  
  
  * [FIVE: Pathways to a Post-Capitalist World](chapter005.xhtml)
  
  
  * [SIX: Everything is Connected](chapter006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Acknowledgem