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More or Less: Choosing a Lifestyle of Excessive Generosity
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In More or Less, Jeff Shinabarger calls readers to create their own social experiments to answer the question, “What is enough?” It all started with one idea: 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, readers will learn how to draw a line of “enough” in their consumer choices, how to see generosity as a chance to experience freedom in a greedy world, and how to make small changes now that will help others forever. As Shinabarger reminds them, defining “enough” is more than a responsibility—it is an opportunity to give hope. With a foreword by Bob Goff.
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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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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Right message, a bit too religious but it's fine
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Though 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.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I 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. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Exploratory, and never pushy. I loved the ideas explored in the story and the suggestions they made.
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