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    More or Less: Choosing a Lifestyle of Excessive Generosity
    More or Less: Choosing a Lifestyle of Excessive Generosity
    More or Less: Choosing a Lifestyle of Excessive Generosity
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    More or Less: Choosing a Lifestyle of Excessive Generosity

    Written by Jeff Shinabarger

    Narrated by Kelly Ryan Dolan

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    What is enough?

    From cleaning out closets to avoiding the grocery store for weeks at a time, Jeff Shinabarger is on a journey to find out what is "enough" in every aspect of life. Follow his community as they ponder one question: What would happen if we created a culture in which we gave away whatever was more than enough for us? How would our habits change if we shed the excess of money, clutter, and food in our lives?

    In More or Less, Jeff invites us to create our own social experiments to answer the question "What is enough?" while sharing practical stories and numerous actionable ideas that can be implemented into our lives today. Learn to make small changes now that will change others forever. Generosity is a chance to experience freedom in a world obsessed with gaining more.

    Join a generation discovering that defining "enough" is no small thing - it is the beginning of love in action.

    ©2013 David C. Cook (P)2013 Oasis Audio

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOasis Audio
    Release dateMar 1, 2013
    ISBN9781621882091
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    Jeff Shinabarger

    Jeff Shinabarger is a bestselling author and founder of Plywood People, a nonprofit in Atlanta leading a community of start-ups doing good. His work has been featured by Forbes, Inc., CNN, USA Weekend and Huffington Post. He is the co-founder of Q, mentored over 600 start-ups and created the largest social entrepreneur event in the South called Plywood Presents. @shinabarger

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    • 5/5
      Made me think. Good think on how to change habits and where to go from there and what to do as I change.
    • 3/5
      Right message, a bit too religious but it's fine
    • 4/5
      Good read. Very valid questions we need to wrestle with.
    • 4/5
      Exploratory, and never pushy. I loved the ideas explored in the story and the suggestions they made.
    • 4/5
      I did not realize this was a Jesus-folk-affiliated book before reading the intro, but kept listening anyway and it really didn't matter in the end. This book is about being decent, grateful, and giving to fellow humans while simplifying your own belongings and anxieties. Ideas from the book are applicable no matter what spirituality you adhere to, even if you don't adhere to any spirituality.

      It's easy to get caught up in acquiring more stuff, and becoming obsessed with the idea of being constantly busy and "connected" to the people in your smartphone, but focusing on filling your life with stuff and busy-ness leaves you unable to recognize that most other members of the world are in need of the things we have a ridiculous abundance of. The author has taken some very simple, kinda crazy ideas - like gathering up almost-empty gift cards and donating that collective excess to people who can actually use it - that take first world problems of excess and turn them into clever and effective solutions for shortage. If that doesn't thrill your inner second-grader, something else in this book will.
    • 3/5
      Though often wordy, and seemingly scattered, this book had some interesting ideas and good challenges. it encourages you to serve creatively for lack of a better word.