
Simplify
Ten Practices to Unclutter Your Soul
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Kelly Ryan Dolan
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Bill Hybels
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Overscheduled. Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Sound familiar? Too familiar? You are living at a velocity you know deep down is unsustainable. Your life is off course - too crammed with busyness, too out of focus. You keep waiting for things to get better, but they never do.
In Simplify, best-selling author Bill Hybels identifies core issues that drive this kind of living and offers action steps to help you live a better way. By eradicating clutter from your inner world, you can experience immediate rewards: greater energy, clearer purpose, richer relationships, and more.
Your life won’t simplify itself. You must act. Isn’t it time?
Download the accompanying reference guide.©2014 Tyndale House (P)2014 Oasis AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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- Henry Maicki II
- 06-08-15
A must read for those too busy to read
What did you love best about Simplify?
Clear, identifiable action steps that help to simplify life but prioritizing and creating boundaries.
What did you like best about this story?
The action steps at the end of each chapter allow immediate implementation of the topics. I listened to this in tandem with my Kindle so that I could highlight and make notes along the way,
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I would not listen to it in one sitting. Stop and reflect at the end of each chapter. Apply and then move on.
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- Melissa P.
- 10-30-15
I CAN get satisfaction
Kelly Ryan Dolan does a beautiful job expressing the God-inspired thoughts of Bill Hybels. This how-to Simplify book does well at arming Christians with the tools to live more purpose-driven, significant lives.
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- MMaye
- 02-04-15
A must if you need to simplify
I had to listen to it twice. There is so much information. I like the action items at the end of the chapters, it helped to motivate me into do more than listening.
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- Denise
- 01-19-16
I recommend this!
This is an excellent book. I loved the stories though out that illustrated the points.
This book is very Biblical, helpful and encouraging.
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- Sara and Ole
- 10-02-15
Great read. Refreshingly honest.
A great read and honest assessment of how we can get depleted. The steps to refreshment are on point.
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- Bridgette
- 02-10-15
Simply Helpful
Narrator was excellent! There are "Action Steps" to do and notes worth taking and still hard to stop listening long enough to do. So I'll probably listen again with pen in hand! Content is very practical and helpful with wonderful examples in each area.
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- Laura Snitcher
- 12-29-17
Well said!
Advice that you may (or may not) have already heard throughout your life summarized in a meaningful way.
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- Tania
- 01-07-19
Great!
A great motivational book! Practical ways to simplify given. Great narration. overall - Super. Thanks Bill.
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- Jessie
- 10-17-17
A life Game-Changer
I think Kelly captured Bill's emotion in this book flawlessly. I listen to Bill online and attend GLS every year and listening to the audio book really felt like Bill's message was translated as he intended. This book is responsible for how I have managed my priorities in life and how to protect my time. This book changed my life. Practically and spiritually.
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- Mary Brown
- 07-15-16
Another Great book
This book is awesome, you'll enjoy it. It will make you think about your life.
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