"The Minimalists show you how to disconnect from our conditioned material state and reconnect to our true essence: love people and use things. This is not a book about how to live with less, but about how to live more deeply and more fully." --Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Like a Monk "Joshua and Ryan have penned an urgent manifesto for the growing movement away from the material and toward the meaningful. An important book for our current moment." --Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of A World Without Email and Digital Minimalism " Love People, Use Things is essential reading. The personal stories that led Joshua and Ryan to minimalism resonated with me in a deep way. The Minimalists have added tremendous value to my life." -- Jennette McCurdy " In a society where we are continually bombarded with messages telling us to consume more and more The Minimalists make the point that none of this consumption has actually made any of us happier.

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They are not monks, and they are not living on one grain of rice a day--they are just regular guys who changed their lives by getting rid of a lot of excess stuff." --Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of Eat, Pray, Love "Like Henry David Thoreau, but with Wi-Fi." -- Boston Globe "When it''s cool to have nothing." -- New York Times "[With thee not monks, and they are not living on one grain of rice a day--they are just regular guys who changed their lives by getting rid of a lot of excess stuff." --Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of Eat, Pray, Love "Like Henry David Thoreau, but with Wi-Fi." -- Boston Globe "When it''s cool to have nothing." -- New York Times "[With thets make the point that none of this consumption has actually made any of us happier. This is not a new idea even in the west where Diogenes & Epicurus taught us that the only true road to happiness was to appreciate what we have.

Alas the teachings of Epicureans have been forgotten or distorted and the Eastern traditions, until recently, were alien to the American psyche. Part memoir, part parachute from a world gone mad L ove People, Use Things: Because The Opposite Never Works is a necessary book for our times. Joshua & Ryan urge us to leap off the hedonic treadmill and escape to a simpler, richer, more fulfilling life. Highly recommended. " --Adrian McKinty, New York Times bestselling author of The Chain *PRAISE FOR THE MINIMALISTS* "These guys are rock stars!" --Dave Ramsey "The Minimalists speak eloquently about the spiritual, emotional, and financial liberation that can come with shedding your addiction to excess stuff. They are not monks, and they are not living on one grain of rice a day--they are just regular guys who changed their lives by getting rid of a lot of excess stuff." --Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of Eat, Pray, Love "Like Henry David Thoreau, but with Wi-Fi." -- Boston Globe "When it''s cool to have nothing.

" -- New York Times "[With thets make the point that none of this consumption has actually made any of us happier. This is not a new idea even in the west where Diogenes & Epicurus taught us that the only true road to happiness was to appreciate what we have. Alas the teachings of Epicureans have been forgotten or distorted and the Eastern traditions, until recently, were alien to the American psyche. Part memoir, part parachute from a world gone mad L ove People, Use Things: Because The Opposite Never Works is a necessary book for our times. Joshua & Ryan urge us to leap off the hedonic treadmill and escape to a simpler, richer, more fulfilling life. Highly recommended. " --Adrian McKinty, New York Times bestselling author of The Chain *PRAISE FOR THE MINIMALISTS* "These guys are rock stars!" --Dave Ramsey "The Minimalists speak eloquently about the spiritual, emotional, and financial liberation that can come with shedding your addiction to excess stuff. They are not monks, and they are not living on one grain of rice a day--they are just regular guys who changed their lives by getting rid of a lot of excess stuff.

" --Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of Eat, Pray, Love "Like Henry David Thoreau, but with Wi-Fi." -- Boston Globe "When it''s cool to have nothing." -- New York Times "[With thee not monks, and they are not living on one grain of rice a day--they are just regular guys who changed their lives by getting rid of a lot of excess stuff." --Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of Eat, Pray, Love "Like Henry David Thoreau, but with Wi-Fi." -- Boston Globe "When it''s cool to have nothing." -- New York Times "[With thee not monks, and they are not living on one grain of rice a day--they are just regular guys who changed their lives by getting rid of a lot of excess stuff." --Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of Eat, Pray, Love "Like Henry David Thoreau, but with Wi-Fi." -- Boston Globe "When it''s cool to have nothing.

" -- New York Times "[With thets make the point that none of this consumption has actually made any of us happier. This is not a new idea even in the west where Diogenes & Epicurus taught us that the only true road to happiness was to appreciate what we have. Alas the teachings of Epicureans have been forgotten or distorted and the Eastern traditions, until recently, were alien to the American psyche. Part memoir, part parachute from a world gone mad L ove People, Use Things: Because The Opposite Never Works is a necessary book for our times. Joshua & Ryan urge us to leap off the hedonic treadmill and escape to a simpler, richer, more fulfilling life. Highly recommended. " --Adrian McKinty, New York Times bestselling author of The Chain *PRAISE FOR THE MINIMALISTS* "These guys are rock stars!" --Dave Ramsey "The Minimalists speak eloquently about the spiritual, emotional, and financial liberation that can come with shedding your addiction to excess stuff. They are not monks, and they are not living on one grain of rice a day--they are just regular guys who changed their lives by getting rid of a lot of excess stuff.

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