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How to Calm Your Mind
- Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times
- Narrated by: Chris Bailey
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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How to Calm Your Mind
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Publisher's Summary
A toolkit of accessible, science-backed strategies that reveal how the path to a less anxious life, and even greater productivity, runs directly through calm.
A PENGUIN LIFE BOOK
When productivity expert Chris Bailey discovered that he had become stressed and burnt out because he was pushing himself too hard, he realized that before he could continue to give advice on productivity, he needed to learn how to rein things in and take a break. Productivity advice works—and we need it now more than ever—but it’s just as vital that we also develop our capacity for calm. By finding calm and overcoming anxiety, we don’t just feel more relaxed and at ease—we invest in the missing piece that leads our efforts to become sustainable over time. We build a deeper, more expansive reservoir of energy to draw from throughout the day, and have greater mental resources at our disposal to do good work and live a meaningful life.
Among the topics How to Calm Your Mind covers are:
- How analog and digital worlds affect calm and anxiety in different ways
- How our desire for the neurochemical dopamine can lead us to feel anxious and appreciate everyday experiences less
- How hidden sources of stress can be tamed by a “stimulation fast”
- How we can use the science of “savoring” to become present and enjoy life more
- How “busyness” is as much a state of mind as it is an actual state of life
The pursuit of calm ultimately leads us to become more engaged, focused, and deliberate—while making us more productive and satisfied with our lives. In an anxious world, investing in calm can be considered the best productivity strategy around.
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- Bagsy
- 2023-02-01
A few good insights…
…but this book could be a 50 page essay, and it strains to extend into a book length piece. If I had a physical copy, this would be one I would skim to find the relevant parts rather than reading cover to cover. If you don’t care about productivity, go find a book about calm that doesn’t spend waaaay too much time on that, as this one does. The narrator’s voice is also pretty boring. I’d borrow this from a library rather than listening to it if I were you.
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- Elaine C
- 2023-03-09
It does nothing to calm your mind…
It is an essay or a thesis about calming the mind but does not help calm the mind. The narrator is literally reading and discussing what or why we aren’t able to calm our minds in today’s society, environment, lifestyle and being constantly glued to social media on our phones… I haven’t even gotten into more than 30 minutes of the book and I feel like I want to mock it with an eye roll and say aloud,”Blah, blah, blah!”
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- Kpup
- 2023-02-02
Offers ideas on how to savor life and let go of the things that reduce your energy
This book is an amazing offering of ideas that the author himself has tested and implemented in his own life to help us be more present and to live life to the fullest.
His ideas are also backed by science and the research that he references. This makes for the perfect balance of vulnerability from the author of sharing his personal journey with anxiety, the negative effects that social media can have, and being stuck and unable to do the work that you love.
I have to think that most people have experienced what Chris describes on some level and he shares his story with a balance of his personal journey, research, and a genuine offering to you as the reader to try it out and see how it works for you. It’s so hard to strike the balance between being an authority on something and holding space for someone to take what you’ve shared without judgement and Chris does this with grace (though the writing and through his own narration of the audio book).
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is open to trying things that may allow them to savor life a bit more and to feel better in both their minds and bodies.
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- Capsaicin
- 2023-01-08
Insightful, actionable info on calming your mind
I particularly liked the chapter on the stimulation fast and also the insights on how chronic anxiety reduces cognitive performance.
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- Dennis ILIN
- 2023-01-05
Amazing
This book made me not only calm but happy already. It’s very valuable and touching.
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- Sptormey
- 2023-03-10
Life Saver - Must Read/Listen
This was an excellent book I’m so happy I listened to - it’s having a direct and meaningful impact on my life. Thank you Chris (and Josh Spodek for having you on his podcast where I learned about the book).
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- Science rocks!
- 2023-01-24
Excellent book, useful info
This is a good, thorough exploration of the topic. I have recommend it to many others