Career & Success

This Is Work and Leisure

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Discover new approaches to work and leisure

By The Blinkist Curators

What's it about?

Career & Success Mindfulness & Happiness Society & Culture

Let's face it—the way we approach work and leisure is changing. The beliefs that we need to work to make a living or that the better off we want to be, the harder and longer we have to work have been on the way out for a while now . Self-care and fostering a meaningful life have taken center stage, and in this collection of Blinks you’ll learn about the importance of leisure time and discover why and how our work-obsessed society is in need of this radical restructuring.

This Is Work and Leisure

Discover new approaches to work and leisure

The Happiness Toolbox

The Happiness Toolbox

Work hard, be successful, and then at last be happy—right? We think that we need to follow this sequence of events, believing it must be easier when we get more successful. It's a model many of us have been taught, but according to Neil Pasricha—author of The Happiness Equation—we have it completely backwards! Neil discovered first-hand that some of the most successful people out there aren’t actually happy. So, he set himself on a mission to find out how to actually change our mood today, rather than hoping it changes some time in the future. In this episode, you'll hear 7 tools from Neil’s book which are scientifically proven to provide an instant happiness boost.

How to Do Nothing

How to Do Nothing

Resisting the Attention Economy

Inventing the Future

Inventing the Future

Nick Srnicek, Alex Williams

Postcapitalism and a World Without Work

Leisure

The Basis of Culture

Natalie Lue: Your Boss Is Not Your Parent

Natalie Lue: Your Boss Is Not Your Parent

Do you ever find yourself replying work emails while sitting in bed? Often, instead of behaving as if we’re exchanging our intellect, talent, skills, and resources for money, it can feel like we "owe" our boss or our companies, as if whoever pays your paycheck "owns" you. In this episode, author Natalie Lue helps you understand why so many of us struggle with boundaries when it comes to work—and what we can do to start breaking and changing these unhealthy patterns.

The Refusal of Work

The Refusal of Work

The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work

Less Doing, More Living

Less Doing, More Living

Make Everything in Life Easier

The 4 Day Week

Andrew Barnes with Stephanie Jones

How the flexible work revolution can increase productivity, profitability, and wellbeing, and help create a sustainable future

Your Time, Your Terms

Your Time, Your Terms

We all wish we had more free time. But when we get time off in reality, how "free" do we actually feel? Feeling anxious in the face of taking a rest or time off is more common than you think. In this episode, Natalie breaks down our associations and fears around having time off, and highlights some strategies to help us to carve out the freedom and space we deserve, yet rarely permit for ourselves to enjoy—let alone fully experience.

Notes on a Nervous Planet

Notes on a Nervous Planet

Build your very own twenty-first-century survival kit

Be A Free Range Human

Be A Free Range Human

Marianne Cantwell

Escape the 9 to 5, Create a Life You Love, and Still Pay the Bills

The Perfect Work-Life Balance: Megan Hyatt Miller

The Perfect Work-Life Balance: Megan Hyatt Miller

Discover how to achieve the double-win of happiness at home and success at work from leadership development pro Megan Hyatt Miller. In this episode, she shares how to create or get the flexibility to do your best work, and find out how to protect the boundaries of your personal life, while still delivering results at your job.

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