By Leo Babauta

Today marks 41 years of wonderful life that I’ve lived, and as a birthday present to all of you, I’m publishing a free ebook: The One Skill: How Mastering the Art of Letting Go Will Change Your Life.

Last year I started a tradition of giving people gifts on my birthday, to celebrate the fact of being alive, and my gratitude for those in my life -- I published the Little Book of Contentment for free a year ago.

This year I continue the tradition with my new ebook on letting go: The One Skill.

It’s about learning the skill of letting go, and how that will help you with every problem in your life. From stress to procrastination to habit change to loss and much more.

It’s an amazing skill, and the better I get at it, the better I am at life, the happier I am.

You can download the book for free here: The One Skill ebook (pdf).

I’ve also exported it as an epub (download) but not tested it yet. And here’s the mobi file for Kindle & other ebook readers.

Table of Contents

  1. Why Letting Go

  2. Dealing with Procrastination

  3. Dealing with Fear

  4. Dealing with Difficult People

  5. Dealing with Distractions

  6. Dealing with Habits

  7. Dealing with Possessions

  8. Dealing with Resistance from Others

  9. Dealing with Change

  10. Dealing with Loss

  11. Developing the Letting Go Skill

  12. The 1st Skill - Noticing Signals

  13. The 2nd Skill - Seeing the Ideal

  14. The 3rd Skill - Seeing the Harm

  15. The 4th Skill - Letting Go with Love

  16. The 5th Skill - Seeing Reality

  17. Practicing the Skills

  18. How to Act After Letting Go

  19. What Letting Go Isn’t

  20. Examples of Letting Go

  21. Where to Go Next

Questions & Answers

Q: How much does the book cost? A: It’s free. Download the pdf.

Q: Do you give refunds? A: Yes.

Q: Can I share the book? A: Absolutely. I encourage it. The book is uncopyrighted (as is this blog), and free. If you know someone who might benefit from the book, please pass it on!

Q: Can I read it on my iPad or iPhone? A: Yes. Download the epub version, then drag into iTunes on your computer. Then sync the iPad or iPhone with iTunes on your computer, and the book should now appear in the iBooks app on your iPad/iPhone. Detailed instructions.

Q: When & how can I get it on my Kindle? A: Here’s the mobi file for Kindle & other ebook readers.

Q: Who designed the book? A: The excellent Cody Sanfilippo.