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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
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Well thank god.
While this book was a little repetitive sometimes, I thought it didn't a great job of examining all kinds of places we and I tend to equate productivity and busyness with value.
While this book was a little repetitive sometimes, I thought it didn't a great job of examining all kinds of places we and I tend to equate productivity and busyness with value.
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The ideas: awesome. Laziness is a pervasive driver behind many of the choices I make in my own life, and the motivation for a lot of what I see at work, too. I also loved that this book acknowledged the many ways that the 'Laziness Lie' affects people of different identity groups differently - fuck yeah.
The writing left a lot to be desired - it felt choppy at times and was, I thought, repetitive. It felt like this book could be a series of Atlantic articles, and that it didn't need to be a book.
The ideas win, but the writing still matters in a book this long!
On a non-review note, I found it wild that this person works right up the street from me here in Chicago, at Loyola. Not that it mattered much, but the references to Chicago and people in Chicago always threw me off, like, DO I KNOW THIS PERSON!? (probably not, it's a big city)
The writing left a lot to be desired - it felt choppy at times and was, I thought, repetitive. It felt like this book could be a series of Atlantic articles, and that it didn't need to be a book.
The ideas win, but the writing still matters in a book this long!
On a non-review note, I found it wild that this person works right up the street from me here in Chicago, at Loyola. Not that it mattered much, but the references to Chicago and people in Chicago always threw me off, like, DO I KNOW THIS PERSON!? (probably not, it's a big city)
I spent this whole book going "oh no, it me," even though I've been trying to value rest for years now. Great theory, though it's perhaps only practical and practiceable on an individual level for a narrow audience.
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Dr. Devon Price does a really good job of breaking down the idea of laziness. They explore the impact of the lie that our worth and value is based on how much we do or accomplish. They encourage us to become comfortable stepping back and not doing everything while also being able to look at our lives and the lives of others holistically to better understand why we make the choices we do including working so hard that our physical and mental health suffers in the first place. I also like that Dr. Devon Price lives here in Chicago so there were many Chicago references.
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This book really hit a chord. This is my second read by Dr. Price and I've really appreciate both. His writing is so accessible and human. He writes through a humble, self aware, authentic and compassionate lens which makes it so easy to take in the content.
So much in this book resonated and I wish we were all having more of these conversations as a society and culture...
So much in this book resonated and I wish we were all having more of these conversations as a society and culture...
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
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informative
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