Simplicity

One of Fr. Rohr's bestselling books, this revised and updated edition explores St. Francis's ancient call to the simple life, where joy, not dry theology, helps us build relationships and find peace in ourselves.

One of Fr. Rohr's bestselling books, this revised and updated edition explores St. Francis's ancient call to the simple life, where joy, not dry theology, helps us build relationships and find peace in ourselves.

Golfers live in a world of continual experimentation. Every week, and sometimes every day, they are trying new things to improve their game. They are in search of the Holy Grail. What are they searching for? Timing. Timing is the Holy Grail, producing fluid motion, but elusive and almost impossible to teach. Until now. In a revolutionary book that is sure to change how coaches explain and players play, Steven Yellin's Simplicity: The Fluid Motion Factor Golf Program teaches a simple and powerful program that allows golfers to enter the Zone. There is one process in the mind that, when accessed, produces career rounds and major championship victories. The only problem is athletes never know when it will show up, how long it will last and when it does leave, how to get it back. Simplicity teaches golfers how to access that process by design.

Golfers live in a world of continual experimentation. Every week, and sometimes every day, they are trying new things to improve their game. They are in search of the Holy Grail. What are they searching for? Timing. Timing is the Holy Grail, producing fluid motion, but elusive and almost impossible to teach. Until now. In a revolutionary book that is sure to change how coaches explain and players play, Steven Yellin'sSimplicity: The Fluid Motion Factor Golf Programteaches a simple and powerful program that allows golfers to enter the Zone. There is one process in the mind that, when accessed, produces career rounds and major championship victories. The only problem is athletes never know when it will show up, how long it will last and when it does leave, how to get it back. Simplicityteaches golfers how to access that process by design.

Software development is inherently complex, but it needn't be as complicated as we make it. Learn to recognize and deal with the gnarly stuff, and your job is simpler, your code is easier to create and to work with, and you are more effective. You won't find a bunch of rules, practices, and clever acronyms here. There are no best practices, because there's no such thing as a best practice. You'll cut through real-world complexities to discover and amplify what works best for you in your current context. Thirty-three practices. They're not about changing the world, or your team, or your company. They are about you, and how you can make your work simpler, more humane, and more effective. Reclaim the original spirit of agility (by following a three-word list on an index card). Reduce bloat. Communicate better with fewer meetings. Optimize your environment and tools. Plan for an uncertain future. Reduce confrontations. Synthesize fresh ideas. And let's not forget the code. Flip the role that data plays to simplify your source code and make it easier to work with. Simplicity doesn't mean simplistic or na?ve. It means producing work that is easy to understand and change, and that somehow _feels right._ It means making the stuff you create tidy and intuitive to work with; you focus on what's meaningful and eliminate distractions. You embrace clarity and minimalism, stripping away the unnecessary to reveal what truly matters. Simplicity is not absolute. What is simple to one person may not be to another. So this book has no rules. Instead, it looks at what makes development complex and then illustrates approaches you can take toward simplification. Simplicity isn't the way you do things; it's the spirit with which you do them. It's about you, and what works for you.