Please Unsubscribe, Thanks!

How to Take Back Our Time, Attention, and Purpose in a World Designed to Bury Us in Bullshit

De: Julio Vincent Gambuto

Narrado por: Julio Vincent Gambuto

Duración: 10 h y 15 m

Resumen del Editor

Atomic Habits meets The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck in this life-changing guide to freeing yourself from the behaviors, values, and relationships that keep you from being happy.

When the pandemic brought the world to a standstill, author Julio Vincent Gambuto realized a powerful truth: in the pre-pandemic world, Americans were exhausted, lonely, unhappy, wildly overworked and overbooked, drowning in sea of constantly being on the go and needing to buy more, more, more. But when that pressure disappeared, people rediscovered what was important to them. They quit jobs that made them unhappy and moved their families to suburbs. Simple things like outdoor walks replaced gym memberships; home cooking and backyard gardens replaced takeout; less commuting meant more time for family and creative projects; and for perhaps the first time in a long time, people were being honest. Honest about what they wanted, what they believed in. Honest about the problems they were facing within their families, friend groups, workplaces, towns, and society overall.

That honesty, he noticed, had the potential to make the ground shift. It created a capacity for change. But he also knew that it likely wouldn’t last, because the most powerful forces running our world would not allow it to. They wanted control over our clicks, our conversations, our dollars, our work, our votes—our lives. The only way that we could beat those systems, would be to resist the calls to keep moving, and to “go back to normal.” In order to change, we had to unsubscribe.

Now, in Please Unsubscribe, Thanks!, Gambuto gives us a radical blueprint for the ways we can take a deep breath, renew and commit to a life that we really want, individually and collectively, from unsubscribing to emails and automated subscriptions to reevaluating the presence of people and ideas and habits that no longer serve us or make us happy. Infused with the practical advice in James Clear’s Atomic Habits and the humor of Sarah Knight’s The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k, this groundbreaking guide helps us focus on where we find joy in our lives and encourages us to toss out what doesn’t bring us joy in this modern world.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Julio Vincent Gambuto (P)2023 Simon & Schuster Audio

Brilliant Articulation of Modern Society's Dilemma

Julio Vincent Gambuto expresses the social, economic and cultural challenges faced by an entire generation of Americans and questions the contemporary concept of value intrinsic to new technologies. It is reassuring to know his thoughtful perspective and critical analysis will is now widely available, and easily understood, due to his approachable writing style and practical insights.

Funny and Relatable. Couldn't put down.

I really enjoyed this! Didn't want to stop listening. I could have binged the entire thing if my life allowed.
The author is very relatable and makes you feel less alone in the crazy world we live in.
Self help/therapy session. Highly recommend!!

Perfectly said, well researched, couldn’t stop listening!

Julio manages to cleverly, succinctly and entertainingly explain exactly how our modern world is the way it is…and then offers personal, shocking but VERY EFFECTIVE ways for undoing the programming! If you’ve ever wondered why you’re finding less joy in your life these days than you did before smartphones, look no further. Julio, congrats on this amazing work!

Wasn't impressed.

The information provided isn't bad per say, but I believe that it isnt't worth the read. Goes into detail of how to unclutter and "unsubscribe" from things in life. The book felt more like his personal story through the pandemic and how using his ideology freed him. IMO, you have to be in a specific work demographic to really gain from this.

Yes please!

Both academic and soulful, this book is a great narrative nonfiction approach to cleaning the clutter out of your literal and figurative inbox. And? Love the way it’s read by author.

Just a rant

While there were a few good tidbits on how to make life more simple, the book was so overshadowed by his liberal political & business rants, sarcasm & comments about his sexuality. I am unsubscribing