Fighting the urge for greater productivity and focusing on gauging presence can help people in their day-to-day lives
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. She says the pace of change has never been as fast as it is today – and yet it is likely to never again be this slow. We are all rushing, scattered and less effective than we might be. “And yet, the crux of the solution is simple: slowing down improves your chances of getting the issue and your response right. But that’s not all: you discover that time is what you perceive it to be. When you slow down, you actually have more time,” she writes in the book.
As well, she says it’s helpful to know your “enough.” We live at a time when more is better – not just consumption of goods, but in all aspects of our life, from how much money we need to what is enough integrity or well-being. “Even people with good intentions and myriad accomplishments still crave ‘more,’” she notes.
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