It delivers on its promise of a better life.” But what is to be done? With intelligence and compassion, Headlee presents realistic solutions for how we can reclaim our health and our humanity from a technological revolution that seems hell-bent on destroying both. Without a doubt, our modern way of life is not working. Despite working harder than ever, people have never been more depressed, anxious, and unhappy. “This book is so important and could truly save lives.

If you’ve ever felt compelled to work harder, this book by a longtime radio host and journalist is a clarion call to work smarter instead, because sometimes you accomplish more by doing less.” - Adam Grant, bestselling author of Originals, and Give and Take. “A powerful case that productivity is not an inherent virtue-if you’re not careful, it can become a vice. 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. You’ll learn how to increase your time perception to determine how your hours are being spent, invest in quality idle time, and focus on end goals instead of mean goals. We won’t find what we’re searching for in punishing diets or productivity apps.Ĭeleste’s strategies will allow you to regain control over your life and break your addiction to false efficiency. 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.Īs it turns out, we’re searching for external solutions to an internal problem. Why do we measure our time in terms of efficiency instead of meaning? 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. So why are we so miserable? This manifesto helps us break free of our unhealthy devotion to efficiency and shows us how to reclaim our time and humanity with a little more leisure.ĭespite our constant search for new ways to “hack” 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 work feverishly to make ourselves happy.

Do Nothing: How To Break Away From Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving

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