From the author of Hyperfocus, a treasure trove of practical, science-backed strategies that reveal how the key to a less anxious life, and even greater productivity, is a calm state of mind
"After rebounding from his own burnout, Bailey devised a clear-eyed, concise method that marries science and self-help; he's equally proficient in probing the roles of serotonin and endorphins while charting concrete steps in chapters titled 'The Mindset of More' and 'Heights of Stimulation.' Slow down, breathe, and submerge into these pages." -Oprah Daily
A PENGUIN LIFE BOOK
It took an on-stage panic attack for productivity expert Chris Bailey to recognize how critical it is to invest in calm at the same time that we invest in becoming more productive. Productivity advice works-and we need it now more than ever-but it's just as vital that we develop our capacity for calm. By finding calm and overcoming anxiety, we don't just feel more comfortable in our own mind-we build a deeper, more expansive reservoir of energy to draw from throughout the day. The pursuit of calm ultimately leads us to become more engaged, focused, and deliberate-while making us more satisfied with our lives. And because calm saves us time by making us more productive, we don't even need to feel guilty about the time we spend investing in it.
How to Calm Your Mind is our crucial guide to achieving calm, navigating anxiety, and staving off burnout. It explains how our digital world drains us, and what we can do to abate the hidden sources of stress that burden our days. Bailey has learned to embrace the analog world and "stimulation fasts," to use the science of "savoring" to become more focused and present, and to relax without guilt-and he shows us how we can reclaim calm, too. In an anxious world, investing in calm might be the best productivity strategy around.
Autorentext
Chris Bailey explores the science of living a deeper, more intentional life. He is also one of the laziest people you will ever meet-and this drive to free up time for relaxation has led him to intensively research and experiment with the subject of productivity for the last decade. To date, Chris has written hundreds of articles on the subject, and has garnered coverage in media as diverse as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, GQ, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Harvard Business Review, TED, Fast Company, and Lifehacker. The author of The Productivity Project and Hyperfocus, Chris's books have been published in 26 languages. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.
Klappentext
In an anxious world, the path to greater presence and productivity runs straight through calm. How to Calm Your Mind provides a toolkit of science-backed strategies for calming your mind-while cultivating greater presence and productivity in your daily life
A PENGUIN LIFE BOOK
Chris Bailey, a productivity expert, discovered the power of calm firsthand, after falling deep into a pit of burnout and anxiety taking the pursuit of productivity too far. Productivity advice works-and given all we have to do, it's more important now than ever before. But it's just as important that we cultivate our capacity for productivity-and not to mention for daily life-in the first place. Finding calm doesn't just help us feel more comfortable in our own skin. It lets us invest in the missing piece that leads our efforts to be sustainable over time. We develop a deeper, more expansive reservoir of energy to draw from throughout the day; and have greater mental resources at our disposal to not only do good work, but also live a good life.
Among the ideas How to Calm Your Mind covers include how the analog and digital worlds affect calm and anxiety in vastly different ways; how our desire for the neurochemical dopamine eventually leads us to feel anxious and savor everyday experiences less; how the pursuit of productivity and accomplishment is more addictive than we think; how there are countless sources of hidden stress buried within our days; how conducting a "stimulation fast" can rebalance our mind to feel less anxious and more calm; and how "busyness" is as much a state of mind as it is an actual state of life.
The ingredient of calm ultimately leads us to become more engaged, focused, and deliberate-while making us more productive and satisfied with our days and lives. Counterintuitive though it might sound, in an anxious world, investing in calm is not only a helpful strategy for self-care-it can be considered one of the best productivity strategies around.