SIMPLIFY: Ten Practices to Unclutter your Soul Paperback – 13 August 2015

Great product

Very constructive, stepwise approach to living a simplified life that rids of distraction so I can focus on God and His unique plan for me life. Very empowering. Would recommend to people in all stages of life. I thought I had a simplified life already, but was shocked at the areas I left "untouchable" for myself and God. Great story illustrations, chock full of wisdom with a dash of humor. I'll most likely read this again.

When we fritter away our one and only life doing things that don’t really matter, we sacrifice the things that do matter, according to Bill Hybels in this book. Simplified living requires more than just organising your closets or cleaning out your desk drawer. By examining core issues that lure you into frenetic living, and by eradicating the barriers that leave you exhausted and overwhelmed, you can stop doing the stuff that doesn’t matter and build your life on the stuff that does.The ten practices involve replenishing your energy reserves, prioritising and restricting your schedule, mastering your finances, aligning your job with your passions, forgiving, overcoming fears, deepening relationships, finding a life verse, moving on to new seasons in your life, and finding satisfaction in God’s purpose for your life.As is the case with any book by Bill Hybels, this book is filled with practical wisdom, mostly garnered from his own extensive ministry experience. Bill has worked harder, seen more success, encountered more problems, found more solutions, and had his life more open to public scrutiny than the vast majority of Christian leaders. This means that he has plenty of entertaining personal anecdotes, but it also means that his advice comes with the genuine conviction of one who has been there before.

This is an excellent book full of gold nuggets, got me thinking about how I spend my day. I'm 64 years old, a book like this with such obvious suggestions would have been really useful when we were bringing up our boys in the 1970s. I've given a copy to our married son with two very young children. I hope they'll find the time to read and implement some of the suggestions that Bill Hybels makes. Fully Recommned it to You regardless of the stage of life you're at whether your a Teenager, Young Parents, Middle Aged or Senior Citizen.

This is an excellent book with many practical lessons to implement in our life for Christ. Hybels makes the principles easy to understand with his captivating illustrations to drive the point home. I highly recommend this book for people young or old. It is a book that will improve your life, at whatever stage you are.