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• Commended for Books for a Better Life (Motivational) 2009

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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 -- for good. <br>-- Cheryl Richardson, author of Take Time for Your Life <br> A wise, compassionate, and insightful guide to finding spaciousness in the only place it truly exists: inside your own mind, heart, and life. <br>-- Jane Hirshfield, poet and author of After and Nine Gates <br> 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. <br>-- Norman Fischer, Zen abbot and teacher, poet, and author of Sailing Home <br> Marc Lesser dives into one of the most pervasive and persistent difficulties of our time -- overwhelming busyness -- with courage, deep practical know-how, profound spiritual understanding, and kindness.... Less goes way beyond most self-help books -- yet stays within everyone's reach. Quite amazing. <br>-- James Flaherty, founder of New Ventures West Integral Coaching and author of Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others <br> 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's feet....Give your daily life and work a spring cleaning by following the practices and path suggested in this book. <br>-- Peter Coyote, actor and writer <br> This Buddhist teacher-cum-lifestyle coach has come up with a very practical life plan. <br>-- Mandala magazine <br> Less is more, as the old saying goes. Author Marc Lessertakes this to heart in his new book, Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less, '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't put your hands on: patience, love, kindness, generosity, and quiet self-reflection. <br>-- Body + Soul magazine

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 -- for good. <br>-- Cheryl Richardson, author of Take Time for Your Life <br> A wise, compassionate, and insightful guide to finding spaciousness in the only place it truly exists: inside your own mind, heart, and life. <br>-- Jane Hirshfield, poet and author of After and Nine Gates <br> 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. <br>-- Norman Fischer, Zen abbot and teacher, poet, and author of Sailing Home <br> Marc Lesser dives into one of the most pervasive and persistent difficulties of our time -- overwhelming busyness -- with courage, deep practical know-how, profound spiritual understanding, and kindness.... Less goes way beyond most self-help books -- yet stays within everyone's reach. Quite amazing. <br>-- James Flaherty, founder of New Ventures West Integral Coaching and author of Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others <br> 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's feet....Give your daily life and work a spring cleaning by following the practices and path suggested in this book. <br>-- Peter Coyote, actor and writer <br> This Buddhist teacher-cum-lifestyle coach has come up with a very practical life plan. <br>-- Mandala magazine <br> Less is more, as the old saying goes. Author Marc Lesser takes this to heart in his new book, Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less. '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 th

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Marc Lesser is the founder and CEO of ZBA Associates, a management consulting, coaching, and training company. A Zen teacher with an MBA, Marc speaks and leads workshops throughout North America.

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