Simplicity and Success: Creating the Life You Long For

By Bruce Elkin

Book Overview

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity. Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Crafting a simple life would be easy if getting rid of stress and clutter was all that simplicity seekers sought, but it isn't; we alos seek success. We long to create results that matter in our lives, work, and relationships. However, by defining simplicity as a solution to life's stress and complexity, many approaches point us toward relief rather than results. Because relief is usually temporary, we often oscillate between simplicity and success without realizing either. At best, the simplicity we achieve is the simplicity on this side of complexity.

Simplicity and Success: Creating the Life You Long For will help you go beyond merely getting rid of what you don't want. It will help you discover what you love and create a life that shows it. It will help you integrate conflicting desires by shifting your focus from solving problems to creating what matters. It will empower you to embrace life's complexity, appreciate its richness, and move through its often chaotic "messiness" to the deep, lasting and fulfilling simplicity on the other side of complexity.

Driven by vision, grounded in reality, and focused on results that matter, this simple yet powerful approach will help you simplify your life, achieve the success you long for, and feel energized, authentic and whole.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412002966
• ISBN13: 9781412002967
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A new map of the territory

What immediately caught my attention about this book was that it supported values that are important to me. I feel like those of us who believe the modern life is lacking and would like to live in a manner which supports something other than the great accumulation of money and things are told, "It can't be done! Get with it, and join the real world." What is most exciting about this book, is that it tells you how to create the life you want based upon things which are most important to you. Wow, what a concept. You don't have to try to fit in, or hang around on the fringes to avoid being gobbled up, compromise, lead a double life, or any of the strategies which I or others I know have tried. The basis for leading this "dream life" is to exterminate either/or thinking, or problem solving, as it is named in the book. This book guides you through the process of inclusive thinking, goal setting, and honoring your values in a super-concrete manner. I never found myself thinking, yeah, that's a good idea, but it won't work. Many books are founded on lofty ideals with no practical on the ground action steps. Not so with this book. It leaves the ideals to you and leads you through the action steps. Revolutionary. The author has a lot of experience with this process and it shows. The stories and examples are inspirational. Read it. Do it.

quantum leap

I have been on a journey for discovering the laws of success as long as I can remember. Many good books have helped me. Simplicity and Success is a special one because it is not focused on problem solving but on creating the life you long for. This requires a totally different approach to life and a totally different set of skills. This books delivers in detail all you need. This book, together with being coached by the author, has helped me to take a quantum leap in my life. I am working as a coach myself and since I am using this approach in my coaching programs my clients also make progress far beyond of what I had experienced previously. Bruce Elkin's book is meanwhile an integral part of my coaching programs. Each client gets a copy of the book so that they can see the greater picture of the process and can re-read certain chapters whenever they want. To make a long story short: Bruce Elkin is a great coach and he has written a great book.

A Book I`ve Longed For

There are so many methods for increasing quality of life. Bruce has unified these by his all-embracing view and has created a really simple way which is exciting to follow. He is also motivating to start action and keep momentum by using impressive examples from his own and other persons lifes.

A life changing book!

I am a voracious and eager reader. I read this book once, I re-read it and re-read it again. I can honestly say the content of this book set me on a life changing path. I resonated with so many things Bruce wrote about. One of the most important gifts I gave myself after reading this book was to book a complimentary coaching call with the author himself. He was friendly, enthusiastic and helpful with any points in the book which I needed further clarification on. I then booked him as my coach for some months. He helped me through an extremely difficult period in my life and I refer to his book as my down to earth bible because it is! Anyone looking for help with the constant ups and downs of life and wondering why they happen will find this book invaluable as well as plenty of tools to help you create a life full of passion and a life you love. Read it and keep this book close it is a little gem.

Easy to read and very practical.

I loved this book by Bruce Elkins. It was really easy to follow and understand. He gives great examples and stories about real people that I could relate to. He includes diagrams to make his concepts even clearer for those of us who are more visual. I have actually used some of the things he put in the book and found it incredibly useful. I would recommend this book to anyone looking at changing their lives for the better, trying to create what really matters in their lives or going the simplicity route.