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Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
Celeste Headlee
3.87 AVERAGE
654 reviews for:
Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving
Celeste Headlee
3.87 AVERAGE
Do Nothing is an excellent, well-researched interrogation on our culture’s obsession with overwork and efficiency, and the ways it stifles creativity and actual productivity and leads to a lower quality of life.
Headlee gives a great historical foundation and context for how American culture came to be so obsessed work and busyness. She also cites study after study on how working longer hours actually leads to decreased productivity. More importantly, and perhaps more surprising, she cites loads of research that shows how harmful this can be to our physical and mental health. It’s not just about not having enough time to go to the gym after work — it’s also about simply perceiving that you don’t have enough time to go for a fifteen minute coffee break without your phone.
She also gives concrete solutions that are more comprehensive than just taking a technology break, but acknowledges that the real solution is in a cultural shift. It’s kind of depressing, but also she gives us historical precedent: Einstein and many other people we hail as geniuses only worked like four hours a day.
Overall an excellent read for 2020.
Headlee gives a great historical foundation and context for how American culture came to be so obsessed work and busyness. She also cites study after study on how working longer hours actually leads to decreased productivity. More importantly, and perhaps more surprising, she cites loads of research that shows how harmful this can be to our physical and mental health. It’s not just about not having enough time to go to the gym after work — it’s also about simply perceiving that you don’t have enough time to go for a fifteen minute coffee break without your phone.
She also gives concrete solutions that are more comprehensive than just taking a technology break, but acknowledges that the real solution is in a cultural shift. It’s kind of depressing, but also she gives us historical precedent: Einstein and many other people we hail as geniuses only worked like four hours a day.
Overall an excellent read for 2020.
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I found this interesting and informative, though maybe not revolutionary. I liked the individual tips the author shared for how to begin to disengage from productivity obsession and the glorification of "hard work" for it's own sake, but I feel like books like this always leave me feeling a little disappointing because the SYSTEM needs to change more than individuals, and there's never an much discussion of that. She acknowledges occasionally throughout and in the conclusion but systemic changes that could create chance didn't even have their own section. I guess that could be a whole separate book though...
Loved this woman's TedTalk so of course I had to read her books. This one in particular appealed to me as in the past I've considered myself a workaholic.
It flips the notion that "the more you work you do, the more productive/valuable you are as an employee" on it's head. Celeste argues that the opposite/version of the opposite may in fact be true.
Definitely some nuggets I'll be trying on my end- especially with my own employees. Excited to have the chance to see her at the #natbookfest next weekend.
It flips the notion that "the more you work you do, the more productive/valuable you are as an employee" on it's head. Celeste argues that the opposite/version of the opposite may in fact be true.
Definitely some nuggets I'll be trying on my end- especially with my own employees. Excited to have the chance to see her at the #natbookfest next weekend.
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There were some stuff that I disagreed with or thought there should be more nuance elaborated on, but overall it was an inspiring book! It was definitely a great listen and I’m tempted to get the physical book
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