Rob Walker: It Hurts to Be Present
Journalist Rob Walker on attention, originality, and why noticing the things other people are missing is essential to the creative process.
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Jenny Odell: How To Do Nothing
Artist Jenny Odell on the power of actions that can’t be optimized and withholding your attention as an act of resistance.
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Jocelyn K. Glei: Productivity Shame
How the desire to be “productive” metastasizes into a toxic form of work shame that makes you feel like you’re never doing enough.
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Debbie Millman: The Speed of Achievement
Debbie Millman on the challenges of being an over-achiever, synthesizing your success too quickly, and making a 10-year plan.
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Scott Barry Kaufman: The Quiet Ego
Scott Barry Kaufman on the benefits of quieting your ego and how having more faith in humanity leads to greater faith in yourself.
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Jocelyn K. Glei: Transformation Is Hard
How acknowledging that transformation is slow and subtle — not dramatic and overnight! — will help you be kinder to yourself.
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Sebene Selassie: Unravelling Your Inner Critic
Sebene Selassie on confronting your inner critic, finding emotional clarity, and asking: “What am I not willing to feel?”
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Jocelyn K. Glei: Nothing Important Comes with Instructions
Forget about other people’s rules. Why working from personal principles is the best approach to productivity.
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Paul Jarvis: Small Is Beautiful
Paul Jarvis on why more isn’t better, staying small is good for business, and setting “upper bounds” reduces your stress.
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Anne Helen Petersen: Errand Paralysis
BuzzFeed’s Anne Helen Petersen on errand paralysis, fake burnout cures & why we’re all obsessed with being better workers.
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Jocelyn K. Glei: Creativity vs Efficiency
Jocelyn K. Glei on why inefficiency is a strength when it comes to making remarkable creative work.
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Cal Newport: Using Technology with Intention
Deep Work author Cal Newport on why we need a digital declutter, his new theory of attention, and the magic of “analog social media.”
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Jocelyn K. Glei: To Burnout and Back
Jocelyn K. Glei on her “busyness breakdown,” why 50% of Americans are experiencing burnout, and what we can do about it.
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Thomas Page McBee: The Power Balance
Thomas Page McBee on fighting implicit gender bias at work, creating better power dynamics, and facing your “shadow self.”
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Tim Harford: Slow-Motion Multitasking
Tim Harford on why your bad habits are good again. Procrastination, letting stuff pile up & slow-motion multitasking all have an upside.
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Jocelyn K. Glei – Who Are You Without the Doing?
Jocelyn K. Glei on our obsession with getting things done, and how a more “tender discipline” can unlock clarity and creativity.
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Priya Parker: How to Have Transformative Gatherings
Priya Parker on how to get off auto-pilot, let go of our scripts, and create gatherings that make space for transformation.
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Adam Grant: Don’t Underestimate the Power of Appreciation
Adam Grant on the untapped potential of appreciation, how to ask for help, and the dangers of “generosity burnout.”
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030: Jocelyn K. Glei – The Feedback Rush
Host Jocelyn K. Glei on offering feedback that supports creativity and the pitfalls of living in an advice-driven culture.
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029: Adam Greenfield – Phoning It In
Adam Greenfield on the startling ways the smartphone is changing our behavior, our awareness, and even our vulnerability.
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028: Jonathan Fields – Attention Is Life
Writer Jonathan Fields on how “exquisite attention” can unlock new possibilities for luck, connection, and creation.
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027: Mary McNaughton-Cassill – What To Do About Your Media Diet
Psychologist Mary McNaughton-Cassill on why your media diet is driving you mad, and what you can do to find peace of mind.
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026: Renata Salecl – The Tyranny of Choice
Philosopher Renata Salecl on how choice anxiety damages our creativity and why we need to embrace the idea of chance.
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025: Paula Scher – The Greatest Risk Is Not Taking One
Designer Paula Scher on how to keep taking risks once you’re established and why big sloppy failures are a great idea.
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David Sax: Revenge of the Analog
Writer David Sax on how analog objects and ideas feed our creativity, help us learn, and make memories stick.
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The Anxiety Cure
Hurry Slowly’s most popular guests comment on how speeding out of control fuels our feelings of anxiety, and what to do about it.
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Tami Forman: What Gets Measured, Gets Managed
Tami Forman on creating an office culture that supports work-life balance and the tacit gender biases that hold us back.
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Rubin Naiman: Wired & Tired
Sleep and dream psychologist Rubin Naiman on living in a wake-centric world, the problem with “hyperarousal,” and why sleep should be sacred.
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Jocelyn K. Glei: Can You Maintain It?
Host Jocelyn K. Glei explains why overlooking maintenance tasks is at the root of our toxic relationship with overwhelm.
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Matias Corea: The Road Less Traveled
Designer Matias Corea on the transformative power of travel, long journeys, and taking a break from your work routine.
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Julie Zhuo: Visualizing Your Day
Facebook’s Julie Zhuo on how she stays calm amidst a daily schedule that demands constant context switching.
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Bill Duggan: You Can’t Rush Aha Moments
Intuition researcher Bill Duggan breaks down the mechanics of how we arrive at aha moments — and why speed only slows us down.
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Fanny Auger: Conversation Isn’t About Talking
What are the key ingredients in a great conversation? Fanny Auger, from the School of Life in Paris, talks about listening, open-ness, and silence.
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Oliver Burkeman: Against Time Management
Writer Oliver Burkeman debunks the myth of “time management” and explains why getting more efficient just makes you busier.
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The Key Ingredient in Work-Life Balance
A supercut of Jason Fried, Austin Kleon, Wendy MacNaughton & more answering the question: “What’s the key ingredient in work-life balance?”
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Alissa Walker: Walking Is the Best Way to Go Slow
Alissa Walker on how walking changes your relationship to everything — time and the rhythms of your day, your community, and your creativity.
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Alex Pang: Prioritizing Rest & Reflection
Writer & futurist Alex Pang on the 4-hour workday, the necessity of “inward focus,” and the role of rest & reflection in the creative process.
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Jocelyn K. Glei: Living Life on Auto-Pilot
In this mini-meditation, host Jocelyn K. Glei articulates how understanding what your brain is doing on “auto-pilot” is the key to unlocking your focus.
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Sigrid Veasey: The Science of Sleep
Scientist Sigrid Veasey on why sleep loss is the silent creativity killer, what to do about middle-of-the-night anxiety, and why you need a “sleep vacation.”
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Tyler Cowen: The Quiet Dangers of Complacency
Economist Tyler Cowen on how technology is making us more complacent and less willing to take the risks that drive self-transformation.
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Wendy MacNaughton: Activating Your Empathy Muscle
Graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton on listening, empathy, and the many benefits of shutting up and taking the spotlight off yourself.
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Scott Belsky: Quick Decisions vs Wise Decisions
Entrepreneur Scott Belsky on the speed of decision-making. When should you be bold? When should you trust your gut? And when should you let it marinade?
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Ann Friedman: The News Is Not Good
Journalist Ann Friedman on staying sane in the face of a relentlessly negative news cycle and why you don’t need to process everything in “real time.”
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Austin Kleon: Pencil vs Computer
Artist Austin Kleon on when to use analog tools vs digital tools in your creative process, and why constraints (and slowness!) can super-charge your creativity.
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Kim Chambers: Calculated Risk, Stretch Goals, and Sharks
Marathon swimmer Kim Chambers on stepping outside your comfort zone, calculated risks, and the calm that lives on the other side of fear.
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Craig Mod: I Want My Attention Back!
Designer Craig Mod on how you can break free from the shackles of “attention slavery” and regain control over your powers of concentration.
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Florence Williams: This Is Your Brain on Nature
Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix, on how spending more time outside boosts your creativity, reduces stress, and counteracts negative thinking.
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Jason Fried: Whose Schedule Are You On?
Basecamp co-founder and CEO Jason Fried on how to find a slow and steady approach to work in a world of constant interruptions.
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Hurry Slowly Trailer
A sneak preview of Hurry Slowly—a new podcast about how to level up by slowing down—featuring clips from upcoming interviews w/ Ann Friedman, Jason Fried, Craig Mod, and Florence Williams.
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Hurry Slowly host Jocelyn K. Glei (@jkglei) strives to help people find more creativity and meaning in their daily work.
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