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How to be more productive, creative, and resilient through the simple act of slowing down.
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Artwork by Katherine Lam. It’s time to let go of our focus on productivity and lean into a new way of being. In this final episode of season 3 of the podcast, I reflect on my own journey into the world of productivity, what I’ve learned, and why I’m leaving it behind. In the process, I touch on the inevitable discomfort of new consciousness, why th…
Illustration by Sebastian Curi. What unexpected blessings did you receive in 2020? It goes without saying that 2020 has been an incredibly trying, disorienting, and painful year. But I wanted to shed some light on the good that has been uncovered as well. So, in the holiday spirit, I decided to collect stories about the “strange gifts” of this past…
Artwork by Ana Miminoshvili. What if it didn’t matter how productive you were today? In this episode, I take a deep dive into a concept that I call “tender discipline,” which is the practice of taking a gentler attitude toward your productivity. I open the conversation with an explanation of why we get so obsessed with our ability to produce, or no…
How much of your identity depends on being at the office? As feature magazine pieces hail a new era of working from home, I talk with writer and editor Sean Blanda about his contrarian take on why working from home isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In the process, we examine not just how much of our identity is wrapped up in work, but how much of ou…
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Jocelyn K. Glei: A Call for Rest & Tenderness
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Illustration by Nahuel Bardi. Most of us are drained. The “surge capacity” we called on early in the crisis is now depleted. What’s more, there was already a trend toward burnout in the US before 2020 ratcheted our stress through the roof. From my perspective, that means it’s high time to consider adopting a new attitude toward what it means to be …
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Sebene Selassie: The Delusion of Separation
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Even though we must keep ourselves physically separate for the moment, it’s never been more obvious how interconnected we all are. In this episode, I talk with Sebene Selassie, a meditation teacher, a writer, and a friend, who has studied Buddhism for over 30 years. Her new book, You Belong, explores spirituality and humanity through the lens of be…
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Rich Mhlanga: Your Check Engine Light Is On
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What does it mean to be embodied in a moment where we can’t touch other humans? In this episode, I focus on the body with Rich Mhlanga, an incredibly talented massage therapist and friend, who works with Broadway actors, dancers, circus performers, and other top-notch athletes through his business Massage Beyond. His work has also been pivotal for …
Illustration by Yukai Du for the Hi-Fi course. Anxiety and intuition live at polar opposite ends of the same spectrum. In other words, you can’t be experiencing both at the same time. In this meditation, I reflect on how intuition can be suppressed by the always-on, anxiety-driven lifestyle that has become the defacto operating mode for many of us.…
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Mark Epstein: The Importance of Uncertainty
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This pandemic moment is asking us to truly reckon with the idea of uncertainty — challenging our neat narratives of the future and our notions about who we’re supposed to be. This episode’s guest is Mark Epstein, a fellow upstate New Yorker and author of the beautiful book Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself, in which he explores the…
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Jocelyn K. Glei: What if you’re not broken?
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Illustration by Calvin Sprague We’re navigating a world filled with uncertainty and fear, and the urge to get pulled out of the present moment — and into anxiety — is extremely strong. In this mini-episode, I meditate on a theme that’s been bubbling up throughout Season 3: The idea that we need to heal ourselves before we can accept ourselves and b…
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Courtney E. Martin: Asking Better Questions
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Journalist Courtney E. Martin on how to find your “first question” — the core curiosity that carries you through life.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Chani Nicholas: Boundaries Are Everything
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Astrologist Chani Nicholas on how to uncover your life’s purpose and set the boundaries you need to protect it.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Jocelyn K. Glei: Holding Space for Yourself
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A simple practice that will help you nurture your ideas, find your purpose, and heal in the new year.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Adrienne Maree Brown: Are You Satisfiable?
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Activist adrienne maree brown on how we define pleasure, the wisdom of the body, and what it looks like when you have “enough.”By Jocelyn K. Glei
Writer Mira Jacob on creativity, self-promotion, and transforming the hardest conversations of her life into a stunning graphic memoir.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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It Doesn’t Matter What You Do, It’s Who’s Doing It
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A deep conversation about healing, self-transformation, and how to unpack the neurotic stories we tell ourselves about who we are.By Jocelyn K. Glei
An intro to the new season of Hurry Slowly on waking up, letting go, and the ups and downs of pursuing personal transformation.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Journalist Rob Walker on attention, originality, and why noticing the things other people are missing is essential to the creative process.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Artist Jenny Odell on the power of actions that can’t be optimized and withholding your attention as an act of resistance.By Jocelyn K. Glei
How the desire to be “productive” metastasizes into a toxic form of work shame that makes you feel like you’re never doing enough.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Debbie Millman on the challenges of being an over-achiever, synthesizing your success too quickly, and making a 10-year plan.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Scott Barry Kaufman on the benefits of quieting your ego and how having more faith in humanity leads to greater faith in yourself.By Jocelyn K. Glei
How acknowledging that transformation is slow and subtle — not dramatic and overnight! — will help you be kinder to yourself.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Sebene Selassie: Unravelling Your Inner Critic
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Sebene Selassie on confronting your inner critic, finding emotional clarity, and asking: “What am I not willing to feel?”By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Jocelyn K. Glei: Nothing Important Comes with Instructions
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Forget about other people’s rules. Why working from personal principles is the best approach to productivity.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Paul Jarvis on why more isn’t better, staying small is good for business, and setting “upper bounds” reduces your stress.By Jocelyn K. Glei
BuzzFeed’s Anne Helen Petersen on errand paralysis, fake burnout cures & why we’re all obsessed with being better workers.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Jocelyn K. Glei: Creativity vs Efficiency
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Jocelyn K. Glei on why inefficiency is a strength when it comes to making remarkable creative work.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Cal Newport: Using Technology with Intention
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Deep Work author Cal Newport on why we need a digital declutter, his new theory of attention, and the magic of “analog social media.”By Jocelyn K. Glei
Jocelyn K. Glei on her “busyness breakdown,” why 50% of Americans are experiencing burnout, and what we can do about it.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Thomas Page McBee on fighting implicit gender bias at work, creating better power dynamics, and facing your “shadow self.”By Jocelyn K. Glei
Tim Harford on why your bad habits are good again. Procrastination, letting stuff pile up & slow-motion multitasking all have an upside.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Jocelyn K. Glei – Who Are You Without the Doing?
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Jocelyn K. Glei on our obsession with getting things done, and how a more “tender discipline” can unlock clarity and creativity.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Priya Parker: How to Have Transformative Gatherings
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Priya Parker on how to get off auto-pilot, let go of our scripts, and create gatherings that make space for transformation.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Adam Grant: Don’t Underestimate the Power of Appreciation
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Adam Grant on the untapped potential of appreciation, how to ask for help, and the dangers of “generosity burnout.”By Jocelyn K. Glei
Host Jocelyn K. Glei on offering feedback that supports creativity and the pitfalls of living in an advice-driven culture.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Adam Greenfield on the startling ways the smartphone is changing our behavior, our awareness, and even our vulnerability.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Writer Jonathan Fields on how “exquisite attention” can unlock new possibilities for luck, connection, and creation.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Mary McNaughton-Cassill – What To Do About Your Media Diet
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Psychologist Mary McNaughton-Cassill on why your media diet is driving you mad, and what you can do to find peace of mind.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Philosopher Renata Salecl on how choice anxiety damages our creativity and why we need to embrace the idea of chance.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Paula Scher – The Greatest Risk Is Not Taking One
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Designer Paula Scher on how to keep taking risks once you’re established and why big sloppy failures are a great idea.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Writer David Sax on how analog objects and ideas feed our creativity, help us learn, and make memories stick.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Hurry Slowly’s most popular guests comment on how speeding out of control fuels our feelings of anxiety, and what to do about it.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Tami Forman: What Gets Measured, Gets Managed
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Tami Forman on creating an office culture that supports work-life balance and the tacit gender biases that hold us back.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Sleep and dream psychologist Rubin Naiman on living in a wake-centric world, the problem with “hyperarousal,” and why sleep should be sacred.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Host Jocelyn K. Glei explains why overlooking maintenance tasks is at the root of our toxic relationship with overwhelm.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Designer Matias Corea on the transformative power of travel, long journeys, and taking a break from your work routine.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Facebook’s Julie Zhuo on how she stays calm amidst a daily schedule that demands constant context switching.By Jocelyn K. Glei
Intuition researcher Bill Duggan breaks down the mechanics of how we arrive at aha moments — and why speed only slows us down.By Jocelyn K. Glei
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Fanny Auger: Conversation Isn’t About Talking
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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.By Jocelyn K. Glei
