EAN: 9781984824752

DO NOTHING - CELESTE HEADLEE KARTONIERT (TB)

A welcome antidote to our toxic hustle culture of burnout.”—Arianna Huffington This book is so
important and could truly save lives.”—Elizabeth Gilbert A clarion call to work smarter [and]
accomplish more by doing less.”—Adam Grant We work feverishly to make ourselves happy. So why
are we so miserable? Despite our constant search for new ways to optimize our bodies and minds
for peak performance  human beings are working more instead of less  living harder not smarter
and becoming more lonely and anxious. We strive for the absolute best in every aspect of our
lives  ignoring what we do well naturally and reaching for a bar that keeps rising higher and
higher. Why do we measure our time in terms of efficiency instead of meaning? Why can’t we just
take a break? In Do Nothing  award-winning journalist Celeste Headlee illuminates a new path
ahead  seeking to institute a global shift in our thinking so we can stop sabotaging our
well-being  put work aside  and start living instead of doing. As it turns out  we’re searching
for external solutions to an internal problem. We won’t find what we’re searching for in
punishing diets  productivity apps  or the latest self-improvement schemes. Yet all is not
lost—we just need to learn how to take time for ourselves  without agenda or profit  and
redefine what is truly worthwhile. Pulling together threads from history  neuroscience  social
science  and even paleontology  Headlee examines long-held assumptions about time use  idleness
hard work  and even our ultimate goals. Her research reveals that the habits we cling to are
doing us harm  they developed recently in human history  which means they are habits that can 
and must  be broken. It’s time to reverse the trend that’s making us all sadder  sicker  and
less productive  and return to a way of life that allows us to thrive.

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