Work-Life Nation Looks at the Power of Slow
I had a great chat with Judy Martin in New York. Here’s what we had to say about work, life, and information overload.
I had a great chat with Judy Martin in New York. Here’s what we had to say about work, life, and information overload.
Many thanks to MyLifeScoop for naming the Power of Slow blog one of the top ten work-life balance blogs! Today has been yet another lesson in slow. Even though it didn’t start off very slowly… The alarm went off at 5:30 a.m., just as the […]
A thousand thanks to ABCNews.com for selecting The Power of Slow as one of its ‘best books’ for the 2009 holiday season! Thank you for sharing the love. Truly. Do you want to know why I love libraries? They’ve joined the Slow revolution. From St. Louis to […]
We may bemoan the treacheries and time-sucking nature of the Internet, but it sure has introduced me to some of the most fascinating people on the planet. When used mindfully, the Internet offers buckets of useful (and not so useful) information. With technological advances such […]
My dear friend Guy sent me a link to a story on InternetNews the other day. It addressed the spate of suicides and suicide attempts at France Telecom (a key brand of Orange) in the last year (22 with 13 attempts). The CFO of the company, […]
Take five minutes to watch this incredible report by Judy Martin on the new workplace. It’s a stellar reminder of how many possibilities we have to live the power of slow in all we do with flexibility, trust and a value system in place.
The veiled powers of slow were at work once again today. Actually, it started yesterday when I decided to spend the morning with a friend. Her husband had just moved to China for a six-month assignment. I thought I’d cheer her up and invite her […]
While talking with my sister on the phone yesterday, she made me laugh for a full 90 seconds. She was conveying something rather serious and power-of-slow-related about how annoyed she gets when people show up late to lunch dates. “Your coming late by twenty minutes might […]
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Cynthia Colby’s advice is simple: make an appointment with yourself every day. Using her daytimer, she literally pencils herself in so that no matter how productive she is with other clients, she can also find time for herself, too. As a communications specialist with Cynthia […]