Ending glorification of busy

E N D I N G T H E G L O R I F I C A T I O N

O F B U S Yby Laura van de Vorst

M Y G O A T ’ S W A K E - U P C A L L

S U C C E S S ?

“The fundamental flaw at the heart of our misguided definition of success is the belief that overworking is the route to high performance and exceptional results. (…) This idea of success can work - or at least appear to work - in the short term. But over the long term, money and power by themselves are like a two-legged stool - you can balance on them for a while, but eventually you’re going to topple over.” - Arianna Huffington in Thrive (2014)

USA: • people using illegal drugs • people using painkillers without medical reason • people needing prescription sleep aids • people taking antidepressants

Europe: • people taking antidepressants (UK) • use of antidepressants (Europe) • workers saying their jobs became more stressful

in the past 2 years • workdays lost to psychological illness (Germany)

• leaders feeling burned out (Harvard Medical School study)

S T A T I S T I C S

Source: A. Huffington, 2014. Thrive.

> 22 million > 12 million almost 9 million 400% increase since 1988

495% increase since 1991 20% increase per year (1995-2009)

> 40% 59 million workdays, 80% increase in 15 years

96%

6 S T R E S S R E D U C T I O N T O O L S F O R E V E R Y D A Y L I F E

“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your

daily routine.” - John C. Maxwell

1 . B E P R E S E N T

“Make Isness Your Business” - Marie Forleo

2 . E A T R E A L F O O D S

“The food you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison.”

- Ann Wigmore

3 . R E S T T O R E S E T

“How to succeed? Get more sleep.” - Arianna Huffington

4 . W O R K S M A R T E R

“Focus on being productive instead of being busy” - Tim Ferris

5 . G E T R E A L

“There were many terrible things in my life, but most of them never happened” - Michel de Montaigne

6 . G I V E

“People may forget what you said and did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

E V E R Y T H I N G Y O U E V E R W A N T, H A V E O R N E E D

I S A L R E A D Y I N S I D E O F Y O U .

M O R EB O O K S :

W H Y Z E B R A S D O N ’ T G E T U L C E R S - R O B E R T M . S A P O L S K Y T H R I V E - A R I A N N A H U F F I N G T O N

T H E 4 - H O U R W O R K W E E K - T I M F E R R I S T H E P O W E R O F N O W - E C K H A R T T O L L E

T A L K S / D O C U M E N T A R I E S : S T R E S S : P O R T R A I T O F A K I L L E R

H O W T O M A K E S T R E S S Y O U R F R I E N D - K E L LY M C G O N I C A L A L L I T T A K E S I S 1 0 M I N D F U L M I N U T E S - A N D Y P U D D I C O M B E H O W S T R E S S A F F E C T S Y O U R B O D Y - S H A R O N H . B E R G Q U I S T

S O M E O F M Y D A I LY T O O L S : H E A D S PA C E A P P

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