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24 alternatives to On the Shortness of Live

Life is long if you know how to use it.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. On the Shortness of Live launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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On the Shortness of Life ▲85
A must-read book for anyone interested in Stoicism
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived▲57
Living life to the fullest, and facing death with courage
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived ▲58
An entrepreneur that truly lived life to its fullest.
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
4
When Breath Becomes Air ▲63
What makes a life worth living?
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
The Laws of Simplicity▲67
Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Being Mortal▲56
Medicine and What Matters in the End
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Deep Simplicity▲62
Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
The Book of Life▲139
The Bible for how to live in the 21st century
2014 · theschooloflife.com · its alternatives →
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The Meaning of Things▲60
Applying Philosophy to Life
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The More of Less▲68
Finding the Life you Want Under Everything you Own
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running ▲73
Views on life and long distance running.
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
13
Life of Levi - Constraints are a gift.▲62
Constraints allow us to think and invent. Embrace them!
2017 · simplecast.com · its alternatives →
14
How to Live▲63
A life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
How to Write Short▲67
Word craft for fast times
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
You Will Die in X Weeks 2.0▲74
A stark reminder of the finiteness of life
2023 · failflow.com · its alternatives →
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Life is short▲13
You are not conscious about how short is your life
2024 · myshort.life · its alternatives →
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Deep Thoughts▲65
Irreverent observations about life
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Shape of Time▲62
Remarks on the history of things
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Optimal Living Daily - Derek Sivers▲55
Narrating posts from Sivers.org
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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If You Feel Too Much▲66
Thoughts on things found and lost and hoped for
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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How to Stop Worrying and Start Living▲59
Time tested methods for conquering worrying
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A Little Life▲71
An epic about love + friendship in the 21st century
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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On Books: On Long Term Thinking ▲62
This week we discuss The Long Now and long term thinking
2016 · castig.org · its alternatives →

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