915 Celeste Headlee – Do Nothing!
Do Nothing!
In this interview, I speak with Celeste Headlee about efficiency including topics taken from her most recent book Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving. In efforts to scratch her own itch, Celeste began to wonder why despite lots of hard work in efforts to create more happiness was it actually doing the reverse – making us more miserable. Do Nothing isn’t’ just about doing nothing but rather doing more of what matters. Taking our time back to start living a little more, a little better. This is a very cool and timely conversation and I was left inspired.
Guest bio.
Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist, professional speaker and best-selling author of We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter. She is co-host of the new weekly series Retro Report on PBS and season three of the Scene on Radio podcast – MEN. Celeste serves as an advisory board member for Procon.org and The Listen First Project. Her TEDx Talk sharing 10 ways to have a better conversation has over 30 million total views to date. Her most recent book, Do Nothing: How To Break Away From Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving (March 10, 2020), 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.
Books by Celeste below.
Connect with Celeste here – https://www.celesteheadlee.com/
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