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How to Break Free from the ‘More’ Trap and Find Balance in a Busy Life with Chris Bailey

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In this episode, Chris Bailey discusses how to break free from the “more” trap and find balance in a busy life. He explores the concept of ‘stimulation heights,’ the challenges of constant digital stimulation, and practical strategies for creating meaningful, intentional experiences. Chris also shares how learning to cultivate presence can lead to greater calm, focus, and fulfillment in your modern lifestyle.

Key Takeaways:

  • The misconceptions about calm and its crucial role in productivity
  • How our pursuit of “more” impacts our ability to be present
  • The concept of “super stimuli” and their effect on our brain chemistry
  • Practical strategies for creating boundaries and finding balance
  • The power of savoring and its impact on our overall well-being

Connect with Chris Bailey: Website | Instagram

Chris Bailey is an author  and host of the Time and Attention podcast. His podcast explores the science of living a deeper, more intentional life. He is also one of self proclaimed “laziest people you will ever meet” and his drive to free up time for relaxation has led him to intensively research and experiment with the subject of productivity for the last decade. To date, Chris has written hundreds of articles on the subject, and has garnered coverage in media as diverse as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, GQ, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Harvard Business Review, TED, and many others.  His newest book is How to Calm Your Mind:  Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times.

If you enjoyed this episode with Chris Bailey, check out these other episodes:

Chris Bailey on Focus, Productivity, and Meditation (2018)

Tools to Find Focus and Accountability with Taylor Jacobson

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How to Calm Your Mind and Be More Productive with Chris Bailey

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In this Episode with Chris Bailey, you’ll learn:

  • How we often feed the wrong wolf without even realizing it
  • What some of the hidden sources of stress in modern day society
  • How many stressors have become so familiar, we don’t even recognize the stress they cause
  • How we can learn to bring more calm into our lives by practicing being present
  • Why calming our minds leads to more productivity and less anxiety

“We need to find a way to invest in overcoming this level of anxiety in our lives, the more calm we can find. We can go past the point of no anxiety, towards the point of calm, and feel even better and have more of a capacity to absorb stress that comes our way.” – Chris Bailey

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Chris Bailey is an author  and host of the Time and Attention podcast. His podcast explores the science of living a deeper, more intentional life. He is also one of self proclaimed “laziest people you will ever meet” and his drive to free up time for relaxation has led him to intensively research and experiment with the subject of productivity for the last decade. To date, Chris has written hundreds of articles on the subject, and has garnered coverage in media as diverse as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, GQ, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, Harvard Business Review, TED, and many others.  His newest book is How to Calm Your Mind:  Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times.

Connect with Chris Bailey: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Linkedin

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If you enjoyed this conversation with Chris Bailey check out these other episode:

Chris Bailey on Focus, Productivity, and Meditation (2018)

Tools to Find Focus and Accountability with Taylor Jacobson

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Chris Bailey on Focus, Productivity and Meditation

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Chris Bailey ran a year-long productivity project where he studied and ran experiments on the subject. To date, he’s written hundreds of articles on the topic which have been published in places like the Huffington Post, The New York Times and LifeHacker. In this episode, Chris and Eric discuss his new book, Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction and they cover many topics and techniques to improve your focus and productivity. In addition to being a lovely person, he is also a true expert on this topic and you’ll walk away with useful information, no matter how productive you are to begin with.

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In This Interview, Chris Bailey and I Discuss…

  • His new book, Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World  of Distraction
  • That what we notice is what we become
  • The state of our attention determines the state of our lives
  • The hourly awareness chime
  • How our mind gravitates to things that are any of these three things: pleasurable, threatening or novel
  • The measures he uses to determine the quality of attention: how long we can hold our focus, how long our mind wanders, how much of our time we can spend with intention
  • How we feel when we use our time well
  • The pain of using time wastefully
  • The Rule of 3 (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly)
  • Text Expander
  • The natural rhythm of our attention
  • Being kind to our mind
  • Our minds are built to wander
  • Approaching our wandering minds with curiosity
  • Keeping a distractions list
  • Scatter focus

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