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Celeste Headlee - Break Away From Overworking, Overdoing, & Underliving
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Celeste Headlee (IG: @celesteheadlee) is an award-winning journalist, professional speaker, and bestselling author.
Today we're discussing her latest book, Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Work shouldn't be your life
- Celeste's health began to downgrade from overworking
- Design your life to have downtime
- The negative impact of technology & social media on your brain
- Tips for working from home
- Celeste's 13-day train adventure
- Where did the 40 hour work week come from?
- The work ethic that was ingrained in us
- Allowing time for your mind to wander
- You decrease your productivity when you push your brain too far
- People can generally focus for 4-5 hours
- Untouchable days = no interruptions
- The human brain can't multitask
- The distinction between idleness & laziness
- What are the things that relax you?
- Your purpose doesn't have to be connected to your work
- What is time perception?
- Ask yourself how you want to spend your time
- Our #1 need after survival is belongingness
- Using social time to help others
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Related links:
Celeste Headlee - Do Nothing (book)
Follow Celeste Headlee on Instagram and Twitter
Celeste Headlee - We Need To Talk (book)
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