554: How Doing Less Results in Achieving More with Celeste Headlee

Award-winning journalist and speaker Celeste Headlee shares how doing nothing can help you accomplish everything. You'll Learn: 1) Why idleness isn’t laziness 2) What’s causing you burnout 3) The productivity benefits of shorter work hours About Celeste: Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist, professional speaker and author of Heard Mentality and We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter. In her 20-year career in public radio, she has been the Executive Producer of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Radio and anchored programs including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. She also served as co-host of the national morning news show, The Takeaway, from PRI and WNYC, and anchored presidential coverage in 2012 for PBS World Channel. Celeste’s TEDx Talk 10 ways to have a better conversation has over 19 million total views to date.Book: Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving.Website: CelesteHeadlee.com Items Mentioned in the ShowBook: The Paris Library: A Novel by Janet Skeslien CharlesPrevious episode: 221: Becoming a Great Conversationalist with Celeste Headlee Thank you, sponsors!Fender Play. Learn to play an instrument with your first two weeks FREE at fender.com/AWESOME.ZipRecruiter is the smartest way to hire. Get a free trial at ZipRecruiter.com/HTBA

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