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How to Calm Your Mind

Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times

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How to Calm Your Mind

Written by: Chris Bailey
Narrated by: Chris Bailey
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 From the author of Hyperfocus, a treasure trove of practical, science-backed strategies that reveal how the key to a less anxious life, and even greater productivity, is a calm state of mind

“After rebounding from his own burnout, Bailey devised a clear-eyed, concise method that marries science and self-help; he’s equally proficient in probing the roles of serotonin and endorphins while charting concrete steps in chapters titled ‘The Mindset of More’ and ‘Heights of Stimulation.’ Slow down, breathe, and submerge into these pages.” —Oprah Daily


A PENGUIN LIFE BOOK

It took an on-stage panic attack for productivity expert Chris Bailey to recognize how critical it is to invest in calm at the same time that we invest in becoming more productive. Productivity advice works—and we need it now more than ever—but it’s just as vital that we develop our capacity for calm. By finding calm and overcoming anxiety, we don’t just feel more comfortable in our own mind—we build a deeper, more expansive reservoir of energy to draw from throughout the day. The pursuit of calm ultimately leads us to become more engaged, focused, and deliberate—while making us more satisfied with our lives. And because calm saves us time by making us more productive, we don’t even need to feel guilty about the time we spend investing in it.

How to Calm Your Mind is our crucial guide to achieving calm, navigating anxiety, and staving off burnout. It explains how our digital world drains us, and what we can do to abate the hidden sources of stress that burden our days. Bailey has learned to embrace the analog world and “stimulation fasts,” to use the science of “savoring” to become more focused and present, and to relax without guilt—and he shows us how we can reclaim calm, too. In an anxious world, investing in calm might be the best productivity strategy around. Personal Development Personal Success Stress Management Career
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This book will make you realize a lot of things you didn’t know were affecting you.

More than calm

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Like all development books, there's tons to gain, but it won't do the work for you. I can't believe any negative review here other than maybe they thought they'd listen and suddenly feel calm after reading it.

These are practical steps to incubating calm in your life and nurturing it until it grows into true habits and becomes a part of your lifestyle. No magic quick fixes, absolutely worth the time to listen. Take notes and go back to them after.

Hits the mark, if you're willing to change

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…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.

A few good insights…

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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!”

It does nothing to calm your mind…

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