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The Art of Enough: 7 ways to build a balanced life and a flourishing world
‘If you want to have a better life and to make the world a better place then you must read this book. It is wise and practical and beautifully easy to read, everybody should read it.’ - Charles Handy, bestselling author of The Empty Raincoat and The Second Curve.Ever feel like you aren’t Enough?Overwhelmed by too many demands?Concerned about over-consumption and the climate crisis?You’re not alone. The Art of Enough is the challenge of our age.In a world full of pressure to be more, do more and consume more, this practical guidebook will help you find your own version of Enough. Enough is a springboard for self-belief, a healthy work pace and sustainable living, so you can move from striving to thriving.Weaving together ideas, stories and practices, The Art of Enough offers seven ways to ease away from the pull of scarcity and excess, towards flourishing with Enough; finding the balance and boundaries we all need for ourselves and for our world.Becky Hall is a coach, facilitator and speaker and has worked for over 20 years with teams, organizations and leaders, helping busy people all over the world create their own Art of Enough. Filled with practical tools and techniques, The Art of Enough offers seven ways to free yourself to flourish in your life, your work and our world with abundance, flow and clarity.The Art of Enough invites us to find the balance we all need for ourselves and our world.
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Published September 20, 2021
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July 31, 2022
Artistic!
This is a really fresh read.
The author's approach seems holistic, positive, realistic, modern/up-to-date and even invigorating.
The notion of transformation as an organic process is quite powerful as well.
The butterfly symbolism is clear, so are all the nice graphs, illustrations and visuals throughout the book.
Striking the balance between scarcity and excess is eye-opening.
Nowadays we are tempted to think that more is always better, but...sometimes less is more and/or better.
Moreover, the power of the mind is adequately reinforced; therefore it could provide valid insights for people from all walks of life.
Overall, motivating, inspiring, but at the same time sufficiently scientific and well-researched.
There is nothing to dislike about this work. On the contrary, it all sounds adorable and enjoyable.
Readers could just imagine what it would be like to attend one of her talks or workshops.
Recommended as a nice self-help/business psychology guidebook.
Compliments!
This is a really fresh read.
The author's approach seems holistic, positive, realistic, modern/up-to-date and even invigorating.
The notion of transformation as an organic process is quite powerful as well.
The butterfly symbolism is clear, so are all the nice graphs, illustrations and visuals throughout the book.
Striking the balance between scarcity and excess is eye-opening.
Nowadays we are tempted to think that more is always better, but...sometimes less is more and/or better.
Moreover, the power of the mind is adequately reinforced; therefore it could provide valid insights for people from all walks of life.
Overall, motivating, inspiring, but at the same time sufficiently scientific and well-researched.
There is nothing to dislike about this work. On the contrary, it all sounds adorable and enjoyable.
Readers could just imagine what it would be like to attend one of her talks or workshops.
Recommended as a nice self-help/business psychology guidebook.
Compliments!
September 29, 2021
This is an excellent book about finding balance in a driven world. About finding the place between scarcity and abundance where you can live happy and content. Sounds simple, and in a way, it is, but we are required to totally rethink our mindsets so that we stop competing and comparing and start looking properly at ourselves and our ambitions. I found it very positive and many of the ideas are easily transferable for me.
Ms Hall says “Enough is a place of fullness. Enough is a generative state, full of stretch, growth and ambition to fulfil our potential - because it moves us beyond our limiting judgements. Enough is a state of elegant balance, where being and doing are finely poised in equilibrium, deeply interconnected. An Enough Mindset offers us a way of being and believing that is sourced by love and abundance. There is Enough. We can do Enough. We are Enough.”
Quoting Tim Jackson’s TED Talk, she says “We are persuaded to spend money we don’t have on things we don't need to make impressions that won’t last on people we don't care about.” How many of us can see the truth in that. I certainly could - I’m using past tense because I am taking on board this advice, and I am working to change my outlook so that I find a place of elegant sufficiency.
Recommended if you are becoming a bit jaded and want to consider what is important in your life. This is an easy read full of ideas and practical suggestions. I was given a copy of this book by Netgalley in return for an honest review
Ms Hall says “Enough is a place of fullness. Enough is a generative state, full of stretch, growth and ambition to fulfil our potential - because it moves us beyond our limiting judgements. Enough is a state of elegant balance, where being and doing are finely poised in equilibrium, deeply interconnected. An Enough Mindset offers us a way of being and believing that is sourced by love and abundance. There is Enough. We can do Enough. We are Enough.”
Quoting Tim Jackson’s TED Talk, she says “We are persuaded to spend money we don’t have on things we don't need to make impressions that won’t last on people we don't care about.” How many of us can see the truth in that. I certainly could - I’m using past tense because I am taking on board this advice, and I am working to change my outlook so that I find a place of elegant sufficiency.
Recommended if you are becoming a bit jaded and want to consider what is important in your life. This is an easy read full of ideas and practical suggestions. I was given a copy of this book by Netgalley in return for an honest review
February 8, 2023
I haven't read a personal development book in a long time. Not because I'm not interested in reading it, but because the situation in my country made it difficult to concentrate on reading... I decided to start reading regularly again... and reading this book started for me. It was interesting and useful.
Thanks to its dear author for sending me a copy of the book.
There are many days that we spend comparing ourselves to others. The times we remember when we should stop being too strict with ourselves. This book is a good experience to learn how to control these times.
This book was full of helpful ideas and suggestions that you can apply in your life. It was easy to communicate with the book and it did not tire you to read it. Reading this book was useful and I recommend reading it.
Thanks to its dear author for sending me a copy of the book.
There are many days that we spend comparing ourselves to others. The times we remember when we should stop being too strict with ourselves. This book is a good experience to learn how to control these times.
This book was full of helpful ideas and suggestions that you can apply in your life. It was easy to communicate with the book and it did not tire you to read it. Reading this book was useful and I recommend reading it.
January 30, 2023
This book is very refreshing and within the book, you get a chance to understand where Enough is. It's a balance between excessive & scarcity that Becky Hall talks about. It's a holistic approach to being able to find the balance in life that you need. I found myself analyzing myself a lot more and being able to understand where my enough begins. Very well-written, and an excellent source to help find your balance in life.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 7, 2022
Allow me to share a friendly tip before you start to read The Art of Enough: get yourself a set of markers.
Namely the book provides an abundance of powerful thoughts, case studies, strong questions and practices one is very likely to go back to. Highlighting them will be of great help no matter whether you are in coaching business or you are to boost the quality of your own life and work.
Why coaching? The author Becky Hall is an experienced coach herself. She shares case studies from her rich coaching practice. And she does it in a deeply sincere way. Any coach, regardless of experience, will appreciate that.
On the other hand, there's no need to be in the coaching to find the text valuable. Everyone who is questioning the balance of one's own life will be equipped with useful tools, activities and food for thought that will enable profound self-reflection.
Let's give it a try with the following questions: How do you manage your daily life, your career, your relationships, feelings and emotions? Yourself? Are you constantly struggling for balance? Who defines your points of balance? How do your core beliefs define you? To what extent do they serve you? Are you Enough? Do you have Enough? Do you do Enough?
BEING, HAVING and DOING Enough are the continents Becky Hall takes you to explore. She turns challenges and dangers into a playful exploration. Progressing from page to page you'll be developing the Enough mindset. Throughout the process you'll transform your life, work and world. Similarly to a caterpillar that develops into a magnificent butterfly, so can you.
Give yourself permission to be Enough!
Namely the book provides an abundance of powerful thoughts, case studies, strong questions and practices one is very likely to go back to. Highlighting them will be of great help no matter whether you are in coaching business or you are to boost the quality of your own life and work.
Why coaching? The author Becky Hall is an experienced coach herself. She shares case studies from her rich coaching practice. And she does it in a deeply sincere way. Any coach, regardless of experience, will appreciate that.
On the other hand, there's no need to be in the coaching to find the text valuable. Everyone who is questioning the balance of one's own life will be equipped with useful tools, activities and food for thought that will enable profound self-reflection.
Let's give it a try with the following questions: How do you manage your daily life, your career, your relationships, feelings and emotions? Yourself? Are you constantly struggling for balance? Who defines your points of balance? How do your core beliefs define you? To what extent do they serve you? Are you Enough? Do you have Enough? Do you do Enough?
BEING, HAVING and DOING Enough are the continents Becky Hall takes you to explore. She turns challenges and dangers into a playful exploration. Progressing from page to page you'll be developing the Enough mindset. Throughout the process you'll transform your life, work and world. Similarly to a caterpillar that develops into a magnificent butterfly, so can you.
Give yourself permission to be Enough!
October 31, 2021
I think Becky Hall goes right to the heart of our overconsumption and anxieties by her starting point. Are you haunted by not being Enough? What happened early in your life to make you carry messages about that make you want to always do more – or always hide away?
This is a self-help book. I don’t read many self-help books, but this one is genuinely useful. I have a combination of driving to be perfect, to live up to my older brothers, and an inadequacy that I can never be good enough, so should keep in the shadows. Becky Hall gives you several exercises to help you explore your past and to delve into the things that make you uncomfortable, whether it drives you to excess, or too little.
I found this an easy read, but also a very thought-provoking one. Like Humankind last year, it reinforces the view that most of us are nice, kind and helpful people. And we are likely to take on these ideas of Enough. We want to solve some of the dreadful problems we’ve got our world into.
The big question is, how do we get those leaders, in many countries, who want nothing more than to dominate the world. They are driven to make so much money that they can never ever spend it. Because they are the ones who are wrecking our planet.
Read the Art of Enough – take action. You’ll feel better for it.
This is a self-help book. I don’t read many self-help books, but this one is genuinely useful. I have a combination of driving to be perfect, to live up to my older brothers, and an inadequacy that I can never be good enough, so should keep in the shadows. Becky Hall gives you several exercises to help you explore your past and to delve into the things that make you uncomfortable, whether it drives you to excess, or too little.
I found this an easy read, but also a very thought-provoking one. Like Humankind last year, it reinforces the view that most of us are nice, kind and helpful people. And we are likely to take on these ideas of Enough. We want to solve some of the dreadful problems we’ve got our world into.
The big question is, how do we get those leaders, in many countries, who want nothing more than to dominate the world. They are driven to make so much money that they can never ever spend it. Because they are the ones who are wrecking our planet.
Read the Art of Enough – take action. You’ll feel better for it.
August 27, 2022
What does it mean to be enough or feel like you have enough? One of the things that spark our insecurities is the question of whether we're enough. One of the things that spark our anxieties is the question of whether we have enough. It'll take a lot of thinking to even define what Enough means to us personally.
It is the irrational fear that we're less or we have little that blinds and drives our greed (or depression for some).
We have refused to ask for the metrics of properly measuring "enough" and we've refused to question the delusions we have about our "enough scale". We simply resolve to either believe we'll never be enough or we keep consuming and accumulating whatever we can get our hands on hoping it'll be sufficient when we step on this scale. Except we will never step on it because we're afraid of falling short. We only live to consume and fantasize about contentment.
Becky Hall is offering us a way out---a way to feel secure and be present within us and in the world. She does this by outlining well-articulated arts to help us define, understand, and embody the Enough peculiar to us.
Initially, I felt the book should focus only on the individual and leave out what might come across as climate change politics. Then I think why is it even political to say "live responsibly on this planet"? Then I think about what it means to be a being with a body. That makes human being an organism that is a part of the Earth's ecosystem and that is dependent on the planet. As a Muslim, I think about the reason Allah commands taking care of animals or one's neighbors and strongly discourages cutting down trees or being wasteful of our resources. The connection is all there when we look away from our premeditated distractions. At the end of the book I now only question why we organize our societies in a manner that is constantly trying to disconnect ( and discredit) nature from us.
This book reminds me of Good To Great by Jim Collins which is one of my favorite books.
People can see this practical book as work and resign to ignoring it because we simply don't have time for ourselves or these kinds of self-development practices. That will be a shame.
I think we genuinely want to be in a secure place mentally and we cannot get there without asking and answering the "are we enough " question. Come to this book with an open mind. You will see that it is a great door to open on your way to being a better version of yourself.
It is the irrational fear that we're less or we have little that blinds and drives our greed (or depression for some).
We have refused to ask for the metrics of properly measuring "enough" and we've refused to question the delusions we have about our "enough scale". We simply resolve to either believe we'll never be enough or we keep consuming and accumulating whatever we can get our hands on hoping it'll be sufficient when we step on this scale. Except we will never step on it because we're afraid of falling short. We only live to consume and fantasize about contentment.
Becky Hall is offering us a way out---a way to feel secure and be present within us and in the world. She does this by outlining well-articulated arts to help us define, understand, and embody the Enough peculiar to us.
Initially, I felt the book should focus only on the individual and leave out what might come across as climate change politics. Then I think why is it even political to say "live responsibly on this planet"? Then I think about what it means to be a being with a body. That makes human being an organism that is a part of the Earth's ecosystem and that is dependent on the planet. As a Muslim, I think about the reason Allah commands taking care of animals or one's neighbors and strongly discourages cutting down trees or being wasteful of our resources. The connection is all there when we look away from our premeditated distractions. At the end of the book I now only question why we organize our societies in a manner that is constantly trying to disconnect ( and discredit) nature from us.
This book reminds me of Good To Great by Jim Collins which is one of my favorite books.
People can see this practical book as work and resign to ignoring it because we simply don't have time for ourselves or these kinds of self-development practices. That will be a shame.
I think we genuinely want to be in a secure place mentally and we cannot get there without asking and answering the "are we enough " question. Come to this book with an open mind. You will see that it is a great door to open on your way to being a better version of yourself.
October 5, 2022
In her book, Hall offers a new way of thinking about the art of enough. She encourages readers to consider what they want and need, what they can do without, and how to create a life that is worth living, which for me, she offers a holistic understanding of being enough - not being lazy (where she also shed her insights on) and not to overwork ourselves too.
This book is divided into three sections: The Art of Being Enough; The Art of Doing Enough and The Art of Having Enough. Hall argues that we should live in a world where we are not constantly striving for more but instead focusing on what matters most: so, being enough is needed to be complemented by having and doing enough.
Two things I appreciate from her are: (1) her experience as a coach/ therapist which make this book more credible, and (2) her inserts of other great readings to accompany her writings. I had a lot of references from her books that became my next read.
What makes this book readable more is its structure: there’s a summary, practice and thorough yet personal casual writings about each point. I personally found the practice parts in each chapter something unique that I wish she would elaborate on more into another book (or a new workbook) because these practices helped me a lot.
Although as a personal note, I wish she can share more of her experience helping her clients in the book, so we as the readers can relate more.
I would love to invite more to read this book as a part of her reminder for each 7 Art of Enough:
“Within Enough Mindset lies abundance.
Within Enough Permission we find freedom.
Within Enough Presence there lies flow.
Within Enough Boundaries we find clarity.
Within Enough Resource lives power.
Within Enough Growth we find wisdom.
Within Enough Connection we find love.”
This book is divided into three sections: The Art of Being Enough; The Art of Doing Enough and The Art of Having Enough. Hall argues that we should live in a world where we are not constantly striving for more but instead focusing on what matters most: so, being enough is needed to be complemented by having and doing enough.
Two things I appreciate from her are: (1) her experience as a coach/ therapist which make this book more credible, and (2) her inserts of other great readings to accompany her writings. I had a lot of references from her books that became my next read.
What makes this book readable more is its structure: there’s a summary, practice and thorough yet personal casual writings about each point. I personally found the practice parts in each chapter something unique that I wish she would elaborate on more into another book (or a new workbook) because these practices helped me a lot.
Although as a personal note, I wish she can share more of her experience helping her clients in the book, so we as the readers can relate more.
I would love to invite more to read this book as a part of her reminder for each 7 Art of Enough:
“Within Enough Mindset lies abundance.
Within Enough Permission we find freedom.
Within Enough Presence there lies flow.
Within Enough Boundaries we find clarity.
Within Enough Resource lives power.
Within Enough Growth we find wisdom.
Within Enough Connection we find love.”
January 9, 2024
Of the self-development books I’ve read so far this one seems to have all the elements I wanted to see altogether.
Well balanced; theories, quotes, case studies, practice examples.
Well balanced; theories, quotes, case studies, practice examples.
January 26, 2023
This was great book, and i read it at time i needed the most. I was super unsatisfied with my life and feel like i haven't achieved anything in life. The art of enough teach me to change my mindset and learn to love and accept myself. Also how to be flexible and have alternative option when things dont go my way. It was a great read and super practical.
This was my "the right book at the right time" moment <3
This was my "the right book at the right time" moment <3
July 30, 2022
"Our ability to change can be restricted by our ability to tolerate discomfort, guilt and sometimes even a profound sense of isolation and loneliness. It is sometimes easier and more comfortable to stick to our old loyalties – a familiar sense of belonging. However, although transition is not always easy and can feel deeply uncomfortable at first, it is like putting on new leather shoes that need to be worn in."
This book is honestly so relatable. It talked about how growth will always require separation from our beliefs, and how to deal with the guilt of turning away from those beliefs in order to become a better person. As I read this, I was also able to unpack many experiences. I had an introspection about my own mindsets, and thought about which of them are just mirrors of the mindsets of the people I like. We have to let go of certain perspectives, especially when they no longer serve us. We can only be free by the act of acknowledging and returning responsibility.
"It is often the beliefs that we carry about what we lack, or about what we need to do in order to find love or approval, that push us consciously or unconsciously into sourcing our feelings from Scarcity or Excess."
The way this book addressed the imposter syndrome is interesting. The Art of Enough delved into framing one's mindset into a growth mindset. It also contained mini exercises for those who have free time.
This book is honestly so relatable. It talked about how growth will always require separation from our beliefs, and how to deal with the guilt of turning away from those beliefs in order to become a better person. As I read this, I was also able to unpack many experiences. I had an introspection about my own mindsets, and thought about which of them are just mirrors of the mindsets of the people I like. We have to let go of certain perspectives, especially when they no longer serve us. We can only be free by the act of acknowledging and returning responsibility.
"It is often the beliefs that we carry about what we lack, or about what we need to do in order to find love or approval, that push us consciously or unconsciously into sourcing our feelings from Scarcity or Excess."
The way this book addressed the imposter syndrome is interesting. The Art of Enough delved into framing one's mindset into a growth mindset. It also contained mini exercises for those who have free time.
August 7, 2022
Read the Art of Enough by Becky Hall
I've read and reread this book trying to find the perfect words to put on my review, it's such a powerful read, inspiring and motivating as well.
- it's eye opening and well researched
- relatable and enjoyable
- powerful useful tools
Overall it's good read filled with 7 ways to build a balanced life and a flourishing world, which I definitely in time will be reading again.
Thank you to BookTasters and the author as I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review
I've read and reread this book trying to find the perfect words to put on my review, it's such a powerful read, inspiring and motivating as well.
- it's eye opening and well researched
- relatable and enjoyable
- powerful useful tools
Overall it's good read filled with 7 ways to build a balanced life and a flourishing world, which I definitely in time will be reading again.
Thank you to BookTasters and the author as I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review
July 30, 2022
A book with an excellent premise that is very relevant to today's situation. No matter what one does or where one reaches in life, they never feel they have done or are "enough". The topics in the book are well divided over multiple chapters, there are relevant figures at few places, each chapter has some exercises to follow up which again are summarised in an index at end and obviously the summing up of each chapter at end or the take away message to come back to makes the book a good read.
What didn't work for me is the way the content was presented in the book which the author had already mentioned in the beginning why they chose to do so. But what can be worked on at least is the exercises, they can have more pictorial representation and more concise presentation rather than bulky paragraphs.
Overall a good read.
What didn't work for me is the way the content was presented in the book which the author had already mentioned in the beginning why they chose to do so. But what can be worked on at least is the exercises, they can have more pictorial representation and more concise presentation rather than bulky paragraphs.
Overall a good read.
August 5, 2022
This is the best self help book. I love how it also includes practices that will help change you. I'm so glad I read this book, every page is gold. Thank you so much Becky for writing this
July 23, 2022
Thanks to Booktasters and the writer Becky Hall, i read this book for review. Honestly I was only expecting a personal growth book, and I really needed something like that. But the book is more than that, it is full of reading references, i noted most of them and created nearly a year reading list. Mindset about being enough explained very well, the book also includes practices about all things you need to develop. Also it is a very good reference book for eco-anxiety i think, i feel very hopeful and ready to fight, after finished it. It was well structured and helpful. I can define it as a bedside book. Highly recommended! :)
July 22, 2022
The Art of Enough is a well written book describing the strategies one can take to have a balanced life and attitude towards life. It gives good practices and self-reflection to re-think our default ideas and mindset. The writer has a beautiful writing style and share interesting readings and theories. The projection of these strategies on environment however sounds more theoretical than scientific but even this was still a very interesting thought.
March 23, 2023
"Our inner lives are tormented by a lack of inner balance, our outer lives swamped by complexity, while at a meta level the very eco-system of our planet is pushed to breaking point."
Isn't this so true?
The book is written so beautifully & intuitively as if it is talking to the reader itself. There are a lot of books written on the subjects of self-motivation & self-help but most of them talk more or less about the same thing. My experience is that they fail to provide the practical & convincing solution that every person can use in its life. The Art of Enough: 7 ways to build a balanced life and a flourishing world has 7 Arts that promise to help readers to achieve success as well as satisfaction while having everything abundant in one’s life. It seems impossible at first sight but the practices that are provided by the author Becky Hall are prudent, possible & in reach.
Suppose, something very bad & tough is going on in one’s life and s/he is seeking help to overcome the problems. What will be the impact on the person if the helper provides some so out-of-reach solutions to remain optimistic? The person may not even practice them. This book provides an inside out approach to out for the solution that one is seeking.
The book has resonated with me in every aspect and I’m looking forward to practicing some of the Arts. Some of them are extremely helpful in the very first chance. You can just feel it. I’ll recommend it to everyone who is always looking to balance their life but don’t know how to do it reasonably.
Happy Reading!
Isn't this so true?
The book is written so beautifully & intuitively as if it is talking to the reader itself. There are a lot of books written on the subjects of self-motivation & self-help but most of them talk more or less about the same thing. My experience is that they fail to provide the practical & convincing solution that every person can use in its life. The Art of Enough: 7 ways to build a balanced life and a flourishing world has 7 Arts that promise to help readers to achieve success as well as satisfaction while having everything abundant in one’s life. It seems impossible at first sight but the practices that are provided by the author Becky Hall are prudent, possible & in reach.
Suppose, something very bad & tough is going on in one’s life and s/he is seeking help to overcome the problems. What will be the impact on the person if the helper provides some so out-of-reach solutions to remain optimistic? The person may not even practice them. This book provides an inside out approach to out for the solution that one is seeking.
The book has resonated with me in every aspect and I’m looking forward to practicing some of the Arts. Some of them are extremely helpful in the very first chance. You can just feel it. I’ll recommend it to everyone who is always looking to balance their life but don’t know how to do it reasonably.
Happy Reading!
June 19, 2022
As a teacher of middle school boys, I would occasionally write performance comments to the effect that "This student should never say good enough. 'Good enough,' in his judgment, implies that he is settling for less than his best effort." In The Art of Enough, Becky Hall has written a book which says, to the contrary, that being happy with "enough" is not tantamount to gaining satisfaction with mediocrity. "Enough", rather, is a personal, dynamic goal which is situated somewhere between scarcity and excess. Per Author Hall, it is a very worthwhile target, and there is, in fact, an art in determining the dimensions and identity of each person's "enough."
In prescribing everyone's "enough", Hall has divided her book into three sections: being Enough, doing Enough, and having Enough. "Being" enough means developing an appropriate mindset, identifying and overcoming hidden beliefs, and connecting physiology to thoughts. "Doing" enough means identifying what matters, understanding personal energy patterns, and designing personal days accordingly, to avoid burnout. "Having" enough means growing sustainably, finding more in common with others, and safeguarding descendants. To accomplish these goals, Hall recommends 24 "practices" (a to-do list).
Scientifically researched yet written in a straightforward manner, I was more than once reminded of Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean, which states that virtues are means between vicious extremes of excess and deficiency. I consider this book in many ways a modern rewrite of that theory.
In prescribing everyone's "enough", Hall has divided her book into three sections: being Enough, doing Enough, and having Enough. "Being" enough means developing an appropriate mindset, identifying and overcoming hidden beliefs, and connecting physiology to thoughts. "Doing" enough means identifying what matters, understanding personal energy patterns, and designing personal days accordingly, to avoid burnout. "Having" enough means growing sustainably, finding more in common with others, and safeguarding descendants. To accomplish these goals, Hall recommends 24 "practices" (a to-do list).
Scientifically researched yet written in a straightforward manner, I was more than once reminded of Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean, which states that virtues are means between vicious extremes of excess and deficiency. I consider this book in many ways a modern rewrite of that theory.
February 24, 2023
Enough. Can we ever be enough, do enough, or have enough?
How can we live our lives in balance that doesn’t bounce us back and forth between excess and scarcity, between not enough and too much?
Becky Hall is a coach, facilitator, and speaker who has worked with teams, organizations, and leaders, in universities, charities, institutions, and governments, helping busy people all over the world for over 20 years. This book shines a light on how to live a balanced life and shares specific instructions on how to make that happen based on Hall’s firsthand experiences.
Hall has multiple degrees and advanced credentials. She did her homework and then some. This book is not only a resource book but a reference book to share.
“I have gone in search of training, practices, research, stories, and guidance that show us how we can find enough.” This book is a result of Becky wanting to help the substantial number of her clients that were out of balance, swinging between too much and not enough – oscillating from one extreme to another.
Hall states, “Our underlying inner beliefs shape who we are and what we allow ourselves to be capable of. In my coaching practice, I see repeatedly what clients hold as core beliefs about themselves, and the world can fundamentally limit or enable who they are and what they do in the world. What you believe becomes crucially defining – if you are living from a belief that you are not enough then you will constantly be trying to re-balance that by overcompensating in other ways. If you believe that the world is a hostile place or lacks the resources to give you what you need, then it will affect how you interact with it.”
Hall shares with us that “Ninety percent of our values and beliefs are formed by the age of ten years old. Of course, many of these can be immensely resourced and give us profound strength. And some of them can be equally unhelpful. The two key beliefs that limit and enable us are those we hold about ourselves and those we hold about what the world is like.”
“I believe that finding the Art of Enough from the inside out is the challenge of our age. This book attempts to explore these three fundamental questions.”
• “Why are we so out of balance in many areas of our lives?”
• “How can we find a way of leading our twenty-first century lives fruitfully, within the limits
of Enough?”
• “What becomes possible for us when we learn to be, do, and have Enough?”
According to Hall, “Enough is a state of being and a way of living. With enough, we learn how to live within the natural limits of our lives, and this sets us free to flourish. Enough is resourced by love and abundance. When we believe that we are enough, we can find freedom and flow that allows us to shine. From a state of being enough, we can put in place boundaries so that what we do is enough: we allow ourselves to live and work at a sustainable pace and contribute to making the world a better place for everyone. Enough is a way of living that welcomes the clarity that boundaries can give us and appreciates the renewable power of our resources. Enough gives us the wisdom to follow the natural patterns of growth and transformation that go beyond always needing more and recognize when we have enough. Enough connects us and to the planet that we share.”
“Enough is about getting back in sync with the natural rhythms of life: so that we and the planet can flourish again.” Enough is a springboard to a healthy and sustainable life.”
Hall continues, “I have a hunch that there is a deep interconnection between our individual feeling of not being enough, and our experience of being overstretched in our daily lives in service of doing enough, and our inability to stop consuming too much – to say – we have enough.”
Hall created a model represented by a set of scales balanced in the middle with enough and between too little (scarcity) or “I’m not enough or I don’t have enough on one side to the other side where “I have too much to do and I’m consuming too much.” (excess)
If you want to change, these are the four processes necessary:
1. Notice
2. Pause to reflect
3. Choose
4. Reset
The fear of not having enough is the underlying belief of a Scarcity Mindset, believing that all resources are finite – scarce – and there is a fear that all resources will run out and not replenish, according to Hall.
The fear of too much – or the Excess Mindset is that there is too much to do, too much to absorb. This is the fear of being consumed by the needs of others. It is living in a state of being overwhelmed, feeling powerless, and overpowered by too many demands that are beyond our control. It is also a state of wanting more. “Once we have enough wealth, more isn’t the way to increase happiness.”
Following Hall’s guidebook of seven steps (or seven Arts) brings you into a state of enough. The Arts include:
Arts 1 – 3 represent the art of being enough
Art 1: Enough mindset – source your thinking from abundance
Art 2: Enough permission – the freedom of finding your belonging
Art 3: Enough presence – how to manage your state to find flow
Arts 4- 5 represent the art of doing enough
Art 4: Enough boundaries – the clarity of coherence
Art 5: Enough resource – harnessing your power
Arts 6-7 represent the art of having enough
Art 6: Enough growth – the wisdom of growing sustainably (growth that moves beyond “more is better”)
Art 7: Enough connection – the love that glues enough together
Each Art has exercises or as Hall describes them as “practices” that need to be repeated to become a natural part of your life. “We need to return to things over and over to get more comfortable and confident in doing them.”
Here are the seven results from practicing the Arts of Enough:
1. Within Enough Mindset lies abundance
2. Within Enough Permission we find freedom
3. Within Enough Presence there lies flow
4. Within Enough Boundaries we find clarity
5. Withing Enough Resource lives power
6. Within Enough Growth we find wisdom
7. Within Enough Connection we find love
“His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu teach us that any change needs to start from an acknowledgment of how things are. They say, ‘We cannot succeed by denying what exists. The acceptance of reality is the only place from which change can begin.’
“As Maya Angelou puts it: ‘You alone are enough – you have nothing to prove to anybody.’
I enjoyed this book and highly recommended it because of the author’s total commitment and passion for helping other people find their way to enough.
How can we live our lives in balance that doesn’t bounce us back and forth between excess and scarcity, between not enough and too much?
Becky Hall is a coach, facilitator, and speaker who has worked with teams, organizations, and leaders, in universities, charities, institutions, and governments, helping busy people all over the world for over 20 years. This book shines a light on how to live a balanced life and shares specific instructions on how to make that happen based on Hall’s firsthand experiences.
Hall has multiple degrees and advanced credentials. She did her homework and then some. This book is not only a resource book but a reference book to share.
“I have gone in search of training, practices, research, stories, and guidance that show us how we can find enough.” This book is a result of Becky wanting to help the substantial number of her clients that were out of balance, swinging between too much and not enough – oscillating from one extreme to another.
Hall states, “Our underlying inner beliefs shape who we are and what we allow ourselves to be capable of. In my coaching practice, I see repeatedly what clients hold as core beliefs about themselves, and the world can fundamentally limit or enable who they are and what they do in the world. What you believe becomes crucially defining – if you are living from a belief that you are not enough then you will constantly be trying to re-balance that by overcompensating in other ways. If you believe that the world is a hostile place or lacks the resources to give you what you need, then it will affect how you interact with it.”
Hall shares with us that “Ninety percent of our values and beliefs are formed by the age of ten years old. Of course, many of these can be immensely resourced and give us profound strength. And some of them can be equally unhelpful. The two key beliefs that limit and enable us are those we hold about ourselves and those we hold about what the world is like.”
“I believe that finding the Art of Enough from the inside out is the challenge of our age. This book attempts to explore these three fundamental questions.”
• “Why are we so out of balance in many areas of our lives?”
• “How can we find a way of leading our twenty-first century lives fruitfully, within the limits
of Enough?”
• “What becomes possible for us when we learn to be, do, and have Enough?”
According to Hall, “Enough is a state of being and a way of living. With enough, we learn how to live within the natural limits of our lives, and this sets us free to flourish. Enough is resourced by love and abundance. When we believe that we are enough, we can find freedom and flow that allows us to shine. From a state of being enough, we can put in place boundaries so that what we do is enough: we allow ourselves to live and work at a sustainable pace and contribute to making the world a better place for everyone. Enough is a way of living that welcomes the clarity that boundaries can give us and appreciates the renewable power of our resources. Enough gives us the wisdom to follow the natural patterns of growth and transformation that go beyond always needing more and recognize when we have enough. Enough connects us and to the planet that we share.”
“Enough is about getting back in sync with the natural rhythms of life: so that we and the planet can flourish again.” Enough is a springboard to a healthy and sustainable life.”
Hall continues, “I have a hunch that there is a deep interconnection between our individual feeling of not being enough, and our experience of being overstretched in our daily lives in service of doing enough, and our inability to stop consuming too much – to say – we have enough.”
Hall created a model represented by a set of scales balanced in the middle with enough and between too little (scarcity) or “I’m not enough or I don’t have enough on one side to the other side where “I have too much to do and I’m consuming too much.” (excess)
If you want to change, these are the four processes necessary:
1. Notice
2. Pause to reflect
3. Choose
4. Reset
The fear of not having enough is the underlying belief of a Scarcity Mindset, believing that all resources are finite – scarce – and there is a fear that all resources will run out and not replenish, according to Hall.
The fear of too much – or the Excess Mindset is that there is too much to do, too much to absorb. This is the fear of being consumed by the needs of others. It is living in a state of being overwhelmed, feeling powerless, and overpowered by too many demands that are beyond our control. It is also a state of wanting more. “Once we have enough wealth, more isn’t the way to increase happiness.”
Following Hall’s guidebook of seven steps (or seven Arts) brings you into a state of enough. The Arts include:
Arts 1 – 3 represent the art of being enough
Art 1: Enough mindset – source your thinking from abundance
Art 2: Enough permission – the freedom of finding your belonging
Art 3: Enough presence – how to manage your state to find flow
Arts 4- 5 represent the art of doing enough
Art 4: Enough boundaries – the clarity of coherence
Art 5: Enough resource – harnessing your power
Arts 6-7 represent the art of having enough
Art 6: Enough growth – the wisdom of growing sustainably (growth that moves beyond “more is better”)
Art 7: Enough connection – the love that glues enough together
Each Art has exercises or as Hall describes them as “practices” that need to be repeated to become a natural part of your life. “We need to return to things over and over to get more comfortable and confident in doing them.”
Here are the seven results from practicing the Arts of Enough:
1. Within Enough Mindset lies abundance
2. Within Enough Permission we find freedom
3. Within Enough Presence there lies flow
4. Within Enough Boundaries we find clarity
5. Withing Enough Resource lives power
6. Within Enough Growth we find wisdom
7. Within Enough Connection we find love
“His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu teach us that any change needs to start from an acknowledgment of how things are. They say, ‘We cannot succeed by denying what exists. The acceptance of reality is the only place from which change can begin.’
“As Maya Angelou puts it: ‘You alone are enough – you have nothing to prove to anybody.’
I enjoyed this book and highly recommended it because of the author’s total commitment and passion for helping other people find their way to enough.
June 6, 2022
This was a great read. It took some other ideas I have read from other books and it culminated nicely in this one. Becky takes a more self-focused approach to changing a scarcity and overwhelmed mindset to help get at the root of overconsumption. I enjoyed that she also had an environmentally friendly perspective to consuming less and being satisfied with less. Identifying peak productivity zones while simultaneously fighting against the need to always be productive and accomplishing more was a nice addition to the minimalist approach. For instance, while things need to get done and we have to earn a living, just because one can increase their earnings or upgrade their home size, ect, doesn't mean that they should or that it leads to greater contentment. Striking a balance is important and I thought she did a pretty good job of conveying as much in this book.
October 29, 2022
The author defines "Enough" as "a state of being and a way of living. With Enough we learn how to live within the natural limits of our lives, and this sets us free to flourish. Enough is resourced by love and abundance."
"so many people are out of balance...It’s as if we are on a see-saw the whole time, swinging between too much and not enough – oscillating from one extreme to another..."
I feel like I can relate to this quote a lot. Most of the time, many people's lives certainly feel this way. I really liked the imagery in this quote.
Throughout this read, you realy have to ask yourself a lot of questions in order to dive deep into finding that balance but the book focuses on these 3 main ones "This book attempts to explore these three fundamental questions.
• Why are we so out of balance in so many areas of our
lives?
• How can we find a way of leading our twenty-fi rstcentury lives fruitfully, within the limits of Enough?
• What becomes possible for us when we learn to be,
do and have Enough?" which really condense and help us focus.
Talking about the environment she stated "The very cycle of renewal is at risk..."and here I would have liked at least a few sources, even though I know this wasn't a book defending global warming, I feel like I still needed a few sources included there.
"If you believe that the world is a hostile place or lacks the resources to give you what you need, then it will affect how you interact with it." I think this is a really soberminded thought about the way many envious and bitter and resentful human beings view the world, they see it as a place that just gives and when it doesn't give what they demand, they lash out. The author teaches these people to see the world as it is not what it should be which is extremely helpful and a first good step towards a balanced life.
The author explains differences between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset and how we are not supposed to give into our fixed mindset because it won't let us grow skills, capabilities and intelligence.
Judging a book by its cover, an analytical person would assume this book may have a lot of hippie dippie point of views and certainly it has the vocabulary because this book focuses a lot on "balance" "self love" "environment" and all of the vocabulary associated with this ideology but I really appreciated that the author also took their time to really provide substantial resources to back up her claims. Not only that but, they were also really thorough in describing how different mindsets would look like in the real world; so she didn't just spew out vocabulary for the sake of it she really took her time to write down how that idea should manifest itself. The author also included scientific ideas like neuroplasticity to enforce her ideas on the art of enough.
In total, the author advises the reader on 24 practices the reader can start doing in order to achieve that balanced "enough mindset." What I liked about all of these practices was that they were again, all very practical and obtainable, if you go at them in baby steps, they are certainly obtainable. Little things like listing parts of your life that you give energy to, or doing breathing exercises or even just writing down 3 things you appreciate about yourself each day are a few of the things that are good practices to keep to build a more balanced life.
According to the author, one of the first steps is learning to identify your mindset and in order to do that you have to ask yourself a lot of probing questions to learn that. An extension of that is, also to learn about how to talk about ourselves because how we talk to ourselves gives us a good clue on how we view ourselves and what exactly in us is out of balance. After you define your mindset, everything else trickles down and with each drop more and more pieces fall into place, fall into balance.
I liked the interesting visuals and the summary at the end of each chapter which helped me remember what the chapter talked about.
I think my favorite practice was practice 22:
"PRACTICE 22: SEEK DIFFERENCE
This practice sounds simple but can require a great deal of
courage.
• Try seeking out someone who is outside of your
normal circle of people that has different views or life
experiences from you"
I like thinks practice because it sounds so counterintuitive to do in order to bring balance into your life. You would like that having balance in your life is having every little thought align perfectly with your way of thinking and not letting differing thoughts invade that space but this is a fantastic practice because it lets in enough of the outside in order for us to refocus our thinking and to meditate on whether what we believe at the current moment is actually truth or not.
February 12, 2023
We need to allow ourselves to move on from insatiable consumption so we can find a way for us all to flourish in partnership with the rest of the planet. It’s easy when talking about the larger systemic picture and what has got us here for us to feel judged for the way we live or indeed judgemental of ourselves and others. It is easy to critique and fall into a binary of right or wrong. As a counter to that I offer this chapter in a spirit of curiosity and exploration of the wider context we live in.
I listened to the audiobook narrated by the author which was a good time. But it's one of those I may read again in physical or ebook so I can revise passages and take more notes. There are lots of references to other books, so it feels like you’re getting the highlights of many different people’s knowledge, I loved that.
The “art of enough” is about balance, sustainability, potential and mindset. Finding the goldilocks place of enough between scarcity and excess. Not being fearful of too little or obsessed with untamed growth. Being enough, having enough, using enough, doing enough. Something I loved about this book is the way it ties environmental activism and self-care together. Climate change is acknowledged and incorporated. The art of enough is applicable to how we treat the earth as well as ourselves. Excess consumption and growth is killing the planet’s atmosphere, what we gonna do about it?
The book talks about the cyclical nature of energy and resources. How it’s a repeated pattern of renewal - if - you allow time for rest. There is a natural rhythm, which if not balanced leads to burning out (the planet with forest fires and ourselves with overwhelm). The book was written after the start of the covid-19 outbreak & lockdowns in many countries which added an interesting element and a different context to discuss overwhelm and balance.
I am reminded of the importance of identifying my mindset and acknowledging my perspective. Self-awareness (for myself and others) is a trait I value highly, and I know what a struggle it can be - after all we don't know what we don't know and sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees. The Art of Enough talks about what we can do to change our mindset for the better. It wasn't necessarily related to this but at one point the author says something about "sit in the 'soup' of not knowing for a while" which I thought was a great turn of phrase. The Art of Enough is about the immense value of balance. "Enough" is a beautiful and powerful concept I want to hold near and dear.
Many of us go through our lives on autopilot without noticing our mindset, let alone challenging what our underlying beliefs are. Partly because they feel so much part of us. We’re like a goldfish swimming around in a bowl: a passer-by asks, “How’s the water?” to which the goldfish replies “What’s water?” How do we know what our beliefs are when were so familiar with them that we don't even realise that another way is possible?
…when a system has three defining principles or rules it becomes able to flow. Responsive, flexible and coherent. The rules release the system to be incredible. Margaret Wheatley puts it like this: “perhaps the most illuminating paradox of all is that the two forces that we have placed in opposition to one another - freedom and order - turn out to be partners in generating healthy, well-ordered systems.”
…David White’s observation: “the antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest, the antidote to exhaustion is whole-heartedness.”
Within enough Mindset lies abundance.
Within enough Permission we find freedom.
Within enough Presence there lies flow.
Within enough Boundaries we find clarity.
Within enough Resource lives power.
Within enough Growth we find wisdom.
Within enough Connection we find love.
*quotes are transcribed from the audio so any punctuation quirks or typos are my bad
I listened to the audiobook narrated by the author which was a good time. But it's one of those I may read again in physical or ebook so I can revise passages and take more notes. There are lots of references to other books, so it feels like you’re getting the highlights of many different people’s knowledge, I loved that.
The “art of enough” is about balance, sustainability, potential and mindset. Finding the goldilocks place of enough between scarcity and excess. Not being fearful of too little or obsessed with untamed growth. Being enough, having enough, using enough, doing enough. Something I loved about this book is the way it ties environmental activism and self-care together. Climate change is acknowledged and incorporated. The art of enough is applicable to how we treat the earth as well as ourselves. Excess consumption and growth is killing the planet’s atmosphere, what we gonna do about it?
The book talks about the cyclical nature of energy and resources. How it’s a repeated pattern of renewal - if - you allow time for rest. There is a natural rhythm, which if not balanced leads to burning out (the planet with forest fires and ourselves with overwhelm). The book was written after the start of the covid-19 outbreak & lockdowns in many countries which added an interesting element and a different context to discuss overwhelm and balance.
I am reminded of the importance of identifying my mindset and acknowledging my perspective. Self-awareness (for myself and others) is a trait I value highly, and I know what a struggle it can be - after all we don't know what we don't know and sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees. The Art of Enough talks about what we can do to change our mindset for the better. It wasn't necessarily related to this but at one point the author says something about "sit in the 'soup' of not knowing for a while" which I thought was a great turn of phrase. The Art of Enough is about the immense value of balance. "Enough" is a beautiful and powerful concept I want to hold near and dear.
Many of us go through our lives on autopilot without noticing our mindset, let alone challenging what our underlying beliefs are. Partly because they feel so much part of us. We’re like a goldfish swimming around in a bowl: a passer-by asks, “How’s the water?” to which the goldfish replies “What’s water?” How do we know what our beliefs are when were so familiar with them that we don't even realise that another way is possible?
…when a system has three defining principles or rules it becomes able to flow. Responsive, flexible and coherent. The rules release the system to be incredible. Margaret Wheatley puts it like this: “perhaps the most illuminating paradox of all is that the two forces that we have placed in opposition to one another - freedom and order - turn out to be partners in generating healthy, well-ordered systems.”
…David White’s observation: “the antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest, the antidote to exhaustion is whole-heartedness.”
Within enough Mindset lies abundance.
Within enough Permission we find freedom.
Within enough Presence there lies flow.
Within enough Boundaries we find clarity.
Within enough Resource lives power.
Within enough Growth we find wisdom.
Within enough Connection we find love.
*quotes are transcribed from the audio so any punctuation quirks or typos are my bad
May 25, 2023
throughout my reading this book, I was immersed into it and as someone who always wants to get a hold of the next best thing, this amazing book reminded me that I was enough. what I had was enough. there are enough resources and I do not have to be stuck in this scarcity mindset which a lot of us are, sadly trapped into.
right on each chapters, we have quotes that are beautiful and you can tell the author did her research because these quotes fit in seamlessly with each chapter. one thing I really loved about the book was the practice questions and just a quick notice, you're going to be needing a pen and a book for this one so you can come back to it later and fill in the spaces and just be content with where you're at in life.
in some chapters, she talks about how most of our beliefs are shaped from where we came from and I found this to be particularly true. most of the truth we hold today are sometimes shaped by our childhood experiences and it feeds into what we are now, but we never take a moment to examine this and see it for what it is. the author talks about this extensively and another thing I loved was the practical real life examples.
one I could absolutely relate to was, there was this woman who wanted to work on her presence, her voice and wanted to be taken seriously by her older colleagues which is something a lot of women face in their workplace and so, when the work began and the coach (obviously the author) asked her, who gives you strength in your family? who would smile seeing you got there? the woman said, her grandma because of course, she believed that she could get to anywhere she wanted in life. then, another question, who are you being loyal to when quiet? and she says her mom because the mom thinks she shouldn't be successful. women shouldn't be there and that's a limiting belief but she's had that belief unconsciously and she needed to acknowledge it which she did.
we've all got this scarcity mindset. even when we do have enough, it's not enough for us which might in most cases, lead to burnout. I also liked the act of saying no which I would attribute to people-pleasing, or just knowing your limits as human and it's only when we practice self-love and connect with ourselves, that's when we can truly be free.
there are also visualization techniques which I didn't think I paid attention to, but the last one got me and I practiced it. she talks about connecting with nature. I especially loved the imagery with where she lives, and how she finds connecting with nature a helpful resource; how inspiring it is, how much of a blessing it is, how breathtaking it is and I have to admit, that scene took my breath away. I read it twice to really get it in.
let's get this straight: if you want to let go of the scarcity mindset you're trapped in, be filled with love and abundance, be free, in flow, and thrive in your power, learn from other people's experiences, gain insights into things and happenings like you've never, and explore various helpful resources referenced, then this book is for you.
one last thing I got from the book. this was taken verbatim and it goes thus, "Within Enough Mindset lies abundance. Within Enough Permission we find freedom.
Within Enough Presence there lies flow.
Within Enough Boundaries we find clarity.
Within Enough Resource lives power.
Within Enough Growth we find wisdom.
Within Enough Connection we find love."
oh, and huge thanks to the author for this inspiring book. her writing was vivid, imaginative, actionable and really beautiful. also to booktasters, you guys never disappoint. this was a good read. 10/10 would recommend. thanks again.
right on each chapters, we have quotes that are beautiful and you can tell the author did her research because these quotes fit in seamlessly with each chapter. one thing I really loved about the book was the practice questions and just a quick notice, you're going to be needing a pen and a book for this one so you can come back to it later and fill in the spaces and just be content with where you're at in life.
in some chapters, she talks about how most of our beliefs are shaped from where we came from and I found this to be particularly true. most of the truth we hold today are sometimes shaped by our childhood experiences and it feeds into what we are now, but we never take a moment to examine this and see it for what it is. the author talks about this extensively and another thing I loved was the practical real life examples.
one I could absolutely relate to was, there was this woman who wanted to work on her presence, her voice and wanted to be taken seriously by her older colleagues which is something a lot of women face in their workplace and so, when the work began and the coach (obviously the author) asked her, who gives you strength in your family? who would smile seeing you got there? the woman said, her grandma because of course, she believed that she could get to anywhere she wanted in life. then, another question, who are you being loyal to when quiet? and she says her mom because the mom thinks she shouldn't be successful. women shouldn't be there and that's a limiting belief but she's had that belief unconsciously and she needed to acknowledge it which she did.
we've all got this scarcity mindset. even when we do have enough, it's not enough for us which might in most cases, lead to burnout. I also liked the act of saying no which I would attribute to people-pleasing, or just knowing your limits as human and it's only when we practice self-love and connect with ourselves, that's when we can truly be free.
there are also visualization techniques which I didn't think I paid attention to, but the last one got me and I practiced it. she talks about connecting with nature. I especially loved the imagery with where she lives, and how she finds connecting with nature a helpful resource; how inspiring it is, how much of a blessing it is, how breathtaking it is and I have to admit, that scene took my breath away. I read it twice to really get it in.
let's get this straight: if you want to let go of the scarcity mindset you're trapped in, be filled with love and abundance, be free, in flow, and thrive in your power, learn from other people's experiences, gain insights into things and happenings like you've never, and explore various helpful resources referenced, then this book is for you.
one last thing I got from the book. this was taken verbatim and it goes thus, "Within Enough Mindset lies abundance. Within Enough Permission we find freedom.
Within Enough Presence there lies flow.
Within Enough Boundaries we find clarity.
Within Enough Resource lives power.
Within Enough Growth we find wisdom.
Within Enough Connection we find love."
oh, and huge thanks to the author for this inspiring book. her writing was vivid, imaginative, actionable and really beautiful. also to booktasters, you guys never disappoint. this was a good read. 10/10 would recommend. thanks again.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 1, 2022
The Art of Enough by Becky Hall explores the concept: what is Enough, and how do we live with the correct understanding of Enough in our crazy, chaotic, materialistically = career driven society, where we are always wanting more, but never satisfied. This book is beautifully written I have to admit, and I really enjoyed the structure, the examples given and the practical tasks presented to begin to make what is theory - into praxis.
Divided into three parts, these parts are furthermore divided into Arts that are linked to understanding the different arts and how to achieve them.
I will give one example. Art 2 of Part One (The Art of Being Enough) is 'Enough Permission - the freedom of finding your belonging.' The beginning introduces the theme and structure of the chapter, making it clear what they will expect. This Act explores the concept of giving oneself permission to be 'Enough' by letting go of the past. Starting off with an example from the life and experience of Michelle Obama, Hall shows that, like Michelle, we too need to give ourselves permission to thrive, despite a hurtful or oppressive past. With this powerful example, Hall then proceeds to use the image of 'To Be or Not to Be.' from her own life experiences to explore what it is that is holding us back from being 'balanced,' and permission to be what you want to be. Central is understanding your expectations and where these come from, to what extent our expectations are linked to family or societal expectations. Through a practice activity (praxis) Hall then seeks to show to the reader what it is that is driving their sense of 'belonging.' and how to identify rules and values that have been imposed upon you from family and so forth. Thus the question is, Whose beliefs are you carrying, and how hard is it to let go of these?'
Through another activity, the reader can then further identify hidden loyalties that no longer work for them, or are hurting them. A transition is thus needed in one's life, from past loyalties and beliefs to new ones, and Hall presents another activity - Permission Slips, that allow the reader to again identify what the rules are now for one's sense of belonging, what rules you want and need to let go of. Only then can you be true to your own Identify, Purpose and Values. This will then allow the reader to grant them permission to be themselves, to be 'Enough' in themselves, and not seek to please others or live values that are no longer their own. Hall states that the art of writing is in a sense a new sense of freedom, where one rewrites the script of one's life, and gives power to the reader, hence the importance of the praxis in her work.
This example illustrates how rich and dense each chapter is, where there are beautiful illustrations and quotes and liberating acts of praxis. With each Art comes transformation: be it abundance, freedom, clarity and wisdom.
Hall's book is a book of faith and the belief in transformation. It is an uplifting, positive book written with clarity and with deep expression and sincerity.
I highly recommend it and with Becky Hall all the best with her work.
Divided into three parts, these parts are furthermore divided into Arts that are linked to understanding the different arts and how to achieve them.
I will give one example. Art 2 of Part One (The Art of Being Enough) is 'Enough Permission - the freedom of finding your belonging.' The beginning introduces the theme and structure of the chapter, making it clear what they will expect. This Act explores the concept of giving oneself permission to be 'Enough' by letting go of the past. Starting off with an example from the life and experience of Michelle Obama, Hall shows that, like Michelle, we too need to give ourselves permission to thrive, despite a hurtful or oppressive past. With this powerful example, Hall then proceeds to use the image of 'To Be or Not to Be.' from her own life experiences to explore what it is that is holding us back from being 'balanced,' and permission to be what you want to be. Central is understanding your expectations and where these come from, to what extent our expectations are linked to family or societal expectations. Through a practice activity (praxis) Hall then seeks to show to the reader what it is that is driving their sense of 'belonging.' and how to identify rules and values that have been imposed upon you from family and so forth. Thus the question is, Whose beliefs are you carrying, and how hard is it to let go of these?'
Through another activity, the reader can then further identify hidden loyalties that no longer work for them, or are hurting them. A transition is thus needed in one's life, from past loyalties and beliefs to new ones, and Hall presents another activity - Permission Slips, that allow the reader to again identify what the rules are now for one's sense of belonging, what rules you want and need to let go of. Only then can you be true to your own Identify, Purpose and Values. This will then allow the reader to grant them permission to be themselves, to be 'Enough' in themselves, and not seek to please others or live values that are no longer their own. Hall states that the art of writing is in a sense a new sense of freedom, where one rewrites the script of one's life, and gives power to the reader, hence the importance of the praxis in her work.
This example illustrates how rich and dense each chapter is, where there are beautiful illustrations and quotes and liberating acts of praxis. With each Art comes transformation: be it abundance, freedom, clarity and wisdom.
Hall's book is a book of faith and the belief in transformation. It is an uplifting, positive book written with clarity and with deep expression and sincerity.
I highly recommend it and with Becky Hall all the best with her work.
January 18, 2023
BOOK:-THE ART OF ENOUGH-SEVEN WAYS TO BUILD A BALANCED LIFE AND A FLOURISHING WORLD BY BECKY HALL
BOOK REVIEWER-OKOKO AYEZU TAMARAPREYE.
SYNOPSIS
A book on dealing with a lack of satisfaction when doing your best at success.The writer explains this using the life of Kate,Omar and other characters.The writer in this book looks at a lot of subheads on the art of enough, exploring climate change and when efforts at solving the climate change problem seem inadequate or insufficient;defining enough as living within the natural limits of our life to flourish;Handling the fear of not enough,scarcity and excesses;being self appreciative; identify your mindset to hinder or help the art of enough;;the role of positive language; understanding your emotions; understanding those loyal to you;knowing your core purpose helps you know when it's enough;knowing your values helps;self management; cautiously responding to risks; managing your hormones;doing enough with clarity and coherence knowing what is; managing demands within nature's coherent boundaries; harnessing your power resources and information;knowing what deplets and replenishes you;building sustainable habits to avoid burnouts; understanding what drives you and your addictions and knowing when to review work pattern;building teams with the right people and resources; building autonomy and trust through delegation; building powerful and sustainable habits;growing bigger to the right size while flourishing and positively transforming ; managing the high cost of living in a culture of scarcity with the art of enough through love,common boundaries and a consideration of the future and whether one can attain enough in a 9-5 or working from home..
LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE BOOK
⛹️To be self appreciative to attain enough and a balanced life.
⛹️Use positive language and understand your emotions.
⛹️Enough is not settling for average
⛹️We all have our version of enough based on our point of balance and what we believe we can be.
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APPLICATION OF LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE BOOK
On whether understanding those loyal to you helps in attainment of enough and a balanced life, it depends on ones definition of loyalty and loyalty shouldn't be with the goal of what one will gain.When people are loyal to you for their gain,it is not loyalty and you can't attain enough in such environment.Enough is attained in synergy and not selfish use of others to achieve ones interest.
BOOK REVIEWER-OKOKO AYEZU TAMARAPREYE.
SYNOPSIS
A book on dealing with a lack of satisfaction when doing your best at success.The writer explains this using the life of Kate,Omar and other characters.The writer in this book looks at a lot of subheads on the art of enough, exploring climate change and when efforts at solving the climate change problem seem inadequate or insufficient;defining enough as living within the natural limits of our life to flourish;Handling the fear of not enough,scarcity and excesses;being self appreciative; identify your mindset to hinder or help the art of enough;;the role of positive language; understanding your emotions; understanding those loyal to you;knowing your core purpose helps you know when it's enough;knowing your values helps;self management; cautiously responding to risks; managing your hormones;doing enough with clarity and coherence knowing what is; managing demands within nature's coherent boundaries; harnessing your power resources and information;knowing what deplets and replenishes you;building sustainable habits to avoid burnouts; understanding what drives you and your addictions and knowing when to review work pattern;building teams with the right people and resources; building autonomy and trust through delegation; building powerful and sustainable habits;growing bigger to the right size while flourishing and positively transforming ; managing the high cost of living in a culture of scarcity with the art of enough through love,common boundaries and a consideration of the future and whether one can attain enough in a 9-5 or working from home..
LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE BOOK
⛹️To be self appreciative to attain enough and a balanced life.
⛹️Use positive language and understand your emotions.
⛹️Enough is not settling for average
⛹️We all have our version of enough based on our point of balance and what we believe we can be.
.
APPLICATION OF LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE BOOK
On whether understanding those loyal to you helps in attainment of enough and a balanced life, it depends on ones definition of loyalty and loyalty shouldn't be with the goal of what one will gain.When people are loyal to you for their gain,it is not loyalty and you can't attain enough in such environment.Enough is attained in synergy and not selfish use of others to achieve ones interest.
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April 3, 2023The book I wish I had read years ago, thanks to booktesters, I was able to have this wonderful experience, which really changed some ideas for me, wrong ideas that I thought were good.
- It is a book that does not look as one sees when one gets it, from the first page we find that the author
BEAKY HALL You don't want to waste your time, the introduction is convincing and full of details and I really liked this, and I hope to read more of her writings.
- I will mention some impressive points that I kept in my diary from this wonderful book :
1 - how what we believe about ourselves and the world shapes how we think. ( Really, if anyone thinks that he is a failure, let him read this book, but for me it was this point that changed my concept of the book.
2 - (part 1) I really and realistically asked myself what my goals are and what i know that the writer BEAKY HALL wants exactly that thing, where does your energy, thinking and everything related to you come from, if a person understands how to apply this correctly, he will undoubtedly see good results only when he wants it.
3 - (part 2) Yes, it is the art of doing enough, as the examples put forward by the writer about the lives of some people, we find that all thinking about the positives really changes life, everyone should saturate his mind with what he wants to make a plan for thinking, and in relation to this part, I was convinced of many things that BEAKY HALL talked about.
4 - (part 3) Well, the art of getting enough, and this is the essence of this book, as I said, I am convinced of everything that the author wants to clarify, and even if I talk about this chapter, I will not give him his right, because every introduction that has been read before will be analyzed in this chapter, life is priceless, we have to live it enough, Yes, there were misconceptions about some things, when I finished the book, I realized what BEAKY HALL wanted to bring to readers, I hope everyone will get the pleasure of this book and the valuable information it contains.
- In the end, I want to say that this book is really the essence, and BEAKY HALL was great at setting examples and schemes that help to understand oneself from the inside, and I really hope to get more books of her. It is truly a treasure for those who wanted to navigate the world of change for the better.
- I think that everyone he needs the art of art.
- It is a book that does not look as one sees when one gets it, from the first page we find that the author
BEAKY HALL You don't want to waste your time, the introduction is convincing and full of details and I really liked this, and I hope to read more of her writings.
- I will mention some impressive points that I kept in my diary from this wonderful book :
1 - how what we believe about ourselves and the world shapes how we think. ( Really, if anyone thinks that he is a failure, let him read this book, but for me it was this point that changed my concept of the book.
2 - (part 1) I really and realistically asked myself what my goals are and what i know that the writer BEAKY HALL wants exactly that thing, where does your energy, thinking and everything related to you come from, if a person understands how to apply this correctly, he will undoubtedly see good results only when he wants it.
3 - (part 2) Yes, it is the art of doing enough, as the examples put forward by the writer about the lives of some people, we find that all thinking about the positives really changes life, everyone should saturate his mind with what he wants to make a plan for thinking, and in relation to this part, I was convinced of many things that BEAKY HALL talked about.
4 - (part 3) Well, the art of getting enough, and this is the essence of this book, as I said, I am convinced of everything that the author wants to clarify, and even if I talk about this chapter, I will not give him his right, because every introduction that has been read before will be analyzed in this chapter, life is priceless, we have to live it enough, Yes, there were misconceptions about some things, when I finished the book, I realized what BEAKY HALL wanted to bring to readers, I hope everyone will get the pleasure of this book and the valuable information it contains.
- In the end, I want to say that this book is really the essence, and BEAKY HALL was great at setting examples and schemes that help to understand oneself from the inside, and I really hope to get more books of her. It is truly a treasure for those who wanted to navigate the world of change for the better.
- I think that everyone he needs the art of art.
February 2, 2023
The Art of Enough is a well-written self-help book with ideas explained in simple terms so that readers would easily understand the author's expressions and concerns. I love the simplicity the author maintained in her writing which brings-out clarity in her ideas. This pattern would benefit a vast number of readers who lack the Art of Enough and would love to master the art so that they can find their way to the road to flourishing.
The Art of Enough by Becky Hall is an engaging self-help book that discusses a subject that we all need to hear if we want to flourish in our daily dealings, contributing to our living a fulfilling and balanced lifestyle. The points are quite clear, and each piece of art is explained deeply. The author uses real-life examples to help the reader get a deeper meaning of having the Art of Enough.
The book contains three parts. Each part has its play. For instance, part 1 highlights the necessity of being Enough. In other words, we need to embrace the Art of Enough and let it sink deep into our minds and heart, allowing it to be a fraction of our being. Part two touches on the act of applying the Art of Enough in our daily dealing, which will help us use our resources well and master setting boundaries to accomplish what's needed to be accomplished within a given time frame. Finally, part three explains the Art of having Enough. This part reveals the outcome of embracing and practicing the Art of Enough. It also makes it clear that when we embrace and practice the Art of Enough, we make it a part of our lives. And that decision is worth taking into consideration. No regrets.
I like how practical the author's ideas are, making this Art sound realistic and easy to put into practice. I also appreciate how the author has used a leaf or a flower to symbolize "Enough in our model." It shows her ideas are worthy of applying because, in one way or another, they will contribute to the flourishing of our lives. Also, flowers and leaves represent not only beauty but also life. In addition, I admire how the author connected the imaginal cells of a butterfly to the mechanism of the art of Enough. It brings out the picture clearly, allowing the reader to fully understand the concept of the Art of Enough.
The book is a great piece worth the time to read.
The Art of Enough by Becky Hall is an engaging self-help book that discusses a subject that we all need to hear if we want to flourish in our daily dealings, contributing to our living a fulfilling and balanced lifestyle. The points are quite clear, and each piece of art is explained deeply. The author uses real-life examples to help the reader get a deeper meaning of having the Art of Enough.
The book contains three parts. Each part has its play. For instance, part 1 highlights the necessity of being Enough. In other words, we need to embrace the Art of Enough and let it sink deep into our minds and heart, allowing it to be a fraction of our being. Part two touches on the act of applying the Art of Enough in our daily dealing, which will help us use our resources well and master setting boundaries to accomplish what's needed to be accomplished within a given time frame. Finally, part three explains the Art of having Enough. This part reveals the outcome of embracing and practicing the Art of Enough. It also makes it clear that when we embrace and practice the Art of Enough, we make it a part of our lives. And that decision is worth taking into consideration. No regrets.
I like how practical the author's ideas are, making this Art sound realistic and easy to put into practice. I also appreciate how the author has used a leaf or a flower to symbolize "Enough in our model." It shows her ideas are worthy of applying because, in one way or another, they will contribute to the flourishing of our lives. Also, flowers and leaves represent not only beauty but also life. In addition, I admire how the author connected the imaginal cells of a butterfly to the mechanism of the art of Enough. It brings out the picture clearly, allowing the reader to fully understand the concept of the Art of Enough.
The book is a great piece worth the time to read.
October 9, 2022
I am not one for self-help books, but something about the title of this book and the synopsis - describing feelings I am all too familiar with - drew me in. To say that I am pleased to have read this is an understatement. As Ms. Hall states, most of us resonate the most with the imposter syndrome aspect of not being enough - i.e. the Scarcity Mindset - and that is exactly what I resonated the most and thought it would be my only point of interest in this read, but absolutely not. I found fragments of the Excess Mindset that I struggle with in my life as well. I really enjoyed the real people examples provided throughout the book for each Art and the recommended practices I found to be super helpful. As I read the book, I began to incorporate them into my life and though it is still a work in progress, I find myself applying the exercises into my day and am more aware of when I am engaging in a Scarcity Mindset and mentally calling myself out for it. It is my hope that through the continued use of these practices I can learn to be Enough for myself and stop being so Scarcity Mindset focused because it does bring a lot more stress into my life than I need. Finding balance is very important to me and this definitely a book that I will be coming back to over and over again in the years to come. This book might also be just the most exceptional self-help book I've read and it has set the bar high for me for future self-help books that I will go on to read now that my eyes have been opened to this new genre.
September 1, 2022
Humans don't keep growing forever; we reach our adult size. Human enterprises and human wealth can, likewise, reach the right size and thrive when we stop trying to force "growth" and maintain these things at the size they ought to be. Developing this theme, Hall then discusses practical ways to optimize, not maximize, productivity, connections, and the good things in life. Three of the seven "arts of Enough" involve processing emotions; four are practical approaches to managing time, resources, and connections. This is not a book of consolation for slackers but a book of encouragement for achievers to resist overwork and burnout.
This book could have been better written. Still, cheers to Becky Hall for uncovering an often suppressed fact of U.S. history: the whole Waste Age economic scheme was meant to whip up the U.S. and allies' postwar economy. Many expected it to collapse faster and harder than it's doing. We did not reach world power by fantasizing about endless growth based on waste, greed, and debt. Up into the 1930s, in fact, Americans deplored those things. If it takes a British book to say this now, well, good for England. Though he's not mentioned in the book I think Wendell Berry might have agreed that Hall gets the point.
Four and a half stars seems about right, though the Goodreads system allows fractions of stars only in group averages.
This book could have been better written. Still, cheers to Becky Hall for uncovering an often suppressed fact of U.S. history: the whole Waste Age economic scheme was meant to whip up the U.S. and allies' postwar economy. Many expected it to collapse faster and harder than it's doing. We did not reach world power by fantasizing about endless growth based on waste, greed, and debt. Up into the 1930s, in fact, Americans deplored those things. If it takes a British book to say this now, well, good for England. Though he's not mentioned in the book I think Wendell Berry might have agreed that Hall gets the point.
Four and a half stars seems about right, though the Goodreads system allows fractions of stars only in group averages.
November 24, 2023
Dive into "The Art of Enough," a beacon of wisdom in a world clamoring for excess. This guide, shortlisted for The People's Book Prize 2022/23, invites you to break free from the chains of overconsumption and the relentless pursuit of more.With its practical approach, the book unfolds seven transformative avenues, blending anecdotes, ideas, and practices to lead you towards a life of balance and purpose. From embracing self-belief to cultivating a sustainable rhythm, discover your own version of "Enough" and shift from the overwhelming demands of modern life to a space of thriving fulfillment.
This guide is not just a book; it's a movement, a call to reclaim a healthy pace and restore harmony with the world. "The Art of Enough" weaves together narratives that resonate with the struggles of feeling inadequate in a society fixated on more, urging readers to find solace in their unique sufficiency. As you embark on this journey, let the book be your companion in navigating the complexities of work, life, and the urgent need for sustainable choices. Embrace the challenge of our age and join the community moving towards flourishing with "Enough."
This guide is not just a book; it's a movement, a call to reclaim a healthy pace and restore harmony with the world. "The Art of Enough" weaves together narratives that resonate with the struggles of feeling inadequate in a society fixated on more, urging readers to find solace in their unique sufficiency. As you embark on this journey, let the book be your companion in navigating the complexities of work, life, and the urgent need for sustainable choices. Embrace the challenge of our age and join the community moving towards flourishing with "Enough."
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