Carl Honoré

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In the tradition of his internationally bestselling In Praise of Slow, and drawing on examples from the most progressive and successful leaders in business, politics, science and society, Carl Honoré brilliantly illuminates why the best way to face our problems might just be to take our time. If the high-flying fighter pilots of the RAF can own up to their mistakes, why can't the rest of us? Toyota was fantastically good at exposing its failings and correcting them, until it stopped, setting the company up for one of the most spectacular falls from grace in the history of the auto industry. BP couldn't bring itself to apologize for its catastrophic oil spill until the entire Gulf Coast of the United States was bearing the brunt of its technological shortcomings. Addicted as we might be to the quick fix--pills, crash diets or just diverting attention from things about to go wrong--the quick fix never really works. Trying to solve problems in a hurry, sticking on a plaster when surgery is needed, might deliver temporary relief, but only at the price of storing up worse trouble for later. For those looking for a fix that sticks, The Slow Fix will help us produce solutions in life and work that endure.

Solve Problems, Work Smarter and Live Better in a World Addicted to Speed

The Slow Fix

From the bestselling author of In Praise of Slow comes a fascinating and urgent look at childhood today and how we are raising a generation of overprogrammed, overachieving, exhausted children. For generations of children, growing up was a pretty simple business: you went to school for a few hours a day, you dabbled in hobbies and sports, and the rest of the time you played. Or maybe you just day-dreamed. Carl Honoré explains how our modern approach to children is backfiring: our kids are fatter, more myopic, more injured, more depressed and more medicated than any previous generation. By using children as a way to relive our own lives, or as a way to make up for our personal shortcomings, we have destroyed the magic and innocence of childhood. Under Pressure is not a parenting manual but a call to action; we must do better for our children. Using fascinating anecdotes about obsessive parents (including one about the father of a tennis player who drugged all his child’s opponents), solid research and personal insight, Honoré explains the over-parenting phenomenon, dispels myths and rallies for change in clear and persuasive prose. Topics explored include the use of technology as babysitting, how enrolling children in hours of extracurriculars every week can do more harm than good and how we underestimate the resilience of our children at the expense of their freedom.

How the Epidemic of Hyper-parenting is Endangering Childhood

Under Pressure

In the tradition of such trailblazing books as No Logo and The Tipping Point, In Praise of Slow heralds a growing international movement of people dedicated to slowing down the pace of our contemporary times and enjoying a richer, fuller life as a result. These days, almost everyone complains about the hectic pace of their lives. We live in a world where speed rules and everyone is under pressure to go faster. But when speed is king, anyone or anything that gets in our way, that slows us down, becomes an enemy. Thanks to speed, we are living in the age of rage. Carl Honore has discovered a movement that is quickly working its way into the mainstream. Groups of people are developing a recipe for living better in a fast-paced, modern environment by striving for a new balance between fast and slow. In an entertaining and hands-on investigation of this new movement, Honore takes us from a Tantric sex workshop in a trendy neighbourhood in London, England to Bra, Italy, the home of the Slow Food, Slow Cities and Slow Sex movements. He examines how we can continue to live productive lives by embracing the tenets of the slow movement. A challenging take on the cult of speed, as well as a corrective look at how we can approach our lives with new understanding, In Praise of Slow uncovers a movement whose time has come.

How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed

In Praise of Slow

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* BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK * 'A joyously life-enhancing book [that] shatters the myths about ageing' Daily Mail Carl Honoré captured the zeitgeist with his international sensation, In Praise of Slow. In Bolder, he introduces us to another rising movement: a revolution in our approach to ageing. Ageing is inevitable. In this time of longer lifespans, however, we have the potential to age better than ever before. Having travelled the globe to meet the pioneers who are redefining ageing, Carl Honoré explores the cultural, medical and technological trends that will help us make the most of our longer lives. He shows us that the time has come to cast off prejudices and blur the lines of what is possible at every age. We can tear up the old script that locks us into learning in early life, working in the middle years and pursuing leisure with whatever time is left at the end. Instead, we can learn, work, rest, care for others, volunteer, create and have fun all the way through our lives. Bolder is a radical re-think of our approach to everything from education, healthcare and work, to design, relationships and politics. An essential and inspiring read to help all of us make ageing a bonus rather than a burden.

Bolder

A practical, step-by-step guide to eliminate the rushing, distraction and busyness in your life. Become calmer, healthier, happier, more focused, more efficient, more productive, more creative, more present. Unleash a better you at work, at home and everywhere in between. This workbook is the perfect companion to the global bestseller In Praise of Slow (In Praise of Slowness in the USA). Carl Honoré is the voice of the Slow Movement and the world's leading expert on slowing down in a fast world. While researching In Praise of Slow, he got slapped with a speeding ticket ....

Build a Calmer, Richer Life

30 Days To Slow

El culto a la juventud es una de las obsesiones más recurrentes de nuestra sociedad. La lucha contra el envejecimiento se traduce en una industria que mueve cada año millones de euros. Se da la paradoja de que hoy en día, cuando alcanzamos cotas de longevidad antes impensables y con una alta calidad de vida, hacerse mayor, antaño sinónimo de respetabilidad y experiencia, ha adquirido valores peyorativos. Carl Honoré, analista social y cazador de tendencias excepcional que se dio a conocer por todo el mundo como abanderado de la revolución slow, sale ahora en defensa del envejecimiento sin estereotipos ni complejos. Por medio de testimonios muy significativos, este libro ensalza el valor de la experiencia, dignifica el cumplir años y nos enseña a disfrutar de las nuevas etapas de la vida de una forma más saludable.

Cómo sacar partido de nuestras vidas más longevas

Elogio de la experiencia

¿Por qué tenemos siempre tanta prisa? ¿cómo se cura esa auténtica enfermedad que es nuestra actitud ante el tiempo? ¿Es posible, e incluso deseable, hacer las cosas con más lentitud?Vivimos en la era de la velocidad. El mundo que nos rodea se mueve con más rapidez de lo que jamás lo había hecho. Nos esforzamos por ser más eficientes, por hacer más cosas por minuto, por hora, cada día. Desde que la revolución la obra de Tácito se ha convertido en un monumento literario que mantiene su vigencia a lo largo de los siglos. industrial hizo avanzar al mundo, el culto a la velocidad nos ha empujado hasta el punto de ruptura.

Elogio de la lentitud

Sempre sulla corsia di sorpasso, il piede premuto sull'acceleratore, schiavi delle agende, attenti a riempire al massimo ogni minuto: sul lavoro, in famiglia, con gli amici, in amore rincorriamo senza fiato l'efficienza, convinti di non avere mai abbastanza tempo. Ora è arrivato il momento di tornare all'equilibrio, alla lentezza. Carl Honoré, un passato frettoloso alle spalle, è andato con calma in giro per il mondo alla ricerca della ricetta per riappropriarsi del proprio ritmo vitale e sopravvivere alla tirannia dell'orologio.

...E vinse la tartaruga

Da Slow Food al sesso tantrico, dal pilates alla medicina omeopatica, negli ultimi anni la rivoluzione slow si è diffusa negli ambiti più disparati della nostra iperattiva ed efficientissima quotidianità. Contro la tirannia dell’orologio e i ritmi frenetici che riempiono a dismisura ogni minuto dedicato al lavoro, alla salute, alla famiglia, questo manuale ci offre la possibilità di scoprire, e mettere in pratica, un salutare ritorno alla lentezza: ritagliarsi ogni giorno uno spazio in cui spegnere computer, cellulari, radio e tv, concedersi un pasto cucinato con le proprie mani, scegliere un passo meno frenetico e trovare il tempo di guardarsi attorno. Carl Honoré, ormai considerato il profeta della slow life, con questo bestseller consegna nelle nostre mani un monito innovativo e rivoluzionario: “Quando ci si dimentica di rallentare, quando si accelerano cose che non vanno accelerate, c’è sempre un prezzo da pagare”.

Rallentare per vivere meglio

Elogio della lentezza

E vinse la tartaruga. Elogio della lentezza: rallentare per vivere meglio

Elogio della lentezza: rallentare per vivere meglio

Accelerăm pe zi ce trece: preferăm să mâncăm în grabă la restaurante fast-food în loc să gătim, apăsăm pedala nervoși și ne supărăm dacă prindem un stop, muncim într-un ritm infernal și ajungem acasă din ce în ce mai obosiți. Viteza a devenit un drog. Am uitat ce înseamnă să ne petrecem timpul cu propriii copii, să citim în liniște o carte sau să ne plimbăm. Și, mai grav decât atât, avem impresia că viteza cu care ne deplasăm în viață, fără să ne bucurăm de ea și fără să înțelegem aproape nimic de-a lungul ei, este ceva normal. Carl Honoré sfidează această mentalitate. Îi demontează cele mai intime mecanisme, pentru că le cunoaște foarte bine: el însuși s‑a numărat printre adepții fanatici ai vitezei. Niciunul dintre domeniile vieții atinse de demonul accelerării nu rămâne necercetat și, pentru fiecare dintre ele, autorul are soluții simple și de bun-simț. Mesajul său nu trebuie înțeles ca un apel la trândăveală, ci ca un îndemn de a păstra echilibrul dintre încet și repede. Căci dacă ne redescoperim țestoasa interioară, s‑ar putea să ajungem în timp util la destinație, dar și să ne bucurăm de călătorie.

provocări în era vitezei

Elogiu lentorii

From the bestselling author of In Praise of Slow comes a fascinating and urgent look at childhood today and how we are raising a generation of overprogrammed, overachieving, exhausted children. For generations of children, growing up was a pretty simple business: you went to school for a few hours a day, you dabbled in hobbies and sports, and the rest of the time you played. Or maybe you just day-dreamed. Carl Honoré explains how our modern approach to children is backfiring: our kids are fatter, more myopic, more injured, more depressed and more medicated than any previous generation. By using children as a way to relive our own lives, or as a way to make up for our personal shortcomings, we have destroyed the magic and innocence of childhood. Under Pressure is not a parenting manual but a call to action; we must do better for our children. Using fascinating anecdotes about obsessive parents (including one about the father of a tennis player who drugged all his child’s opponents), solid research and personal insight, Honoré explains the over-parenting phenomenon, dispels myths and rallies for change in clear and persuasive prose. Topics explored include the use of technology as babysitting, how enrolling children in hours of extracurriculars every week can do more harm than good and how we underestimate the resilience of our children at the expense of their freedom. From the Hardcover edition.

Putting the Child Back in Childhood

The author of the international bestseller In Praise of Slowreveals how parents are in danger of over-stimulating their young children and how to help them to grow up happily without pushing too hard.

Über die Schönheit und Kraft des Älterwerdens

Faltenstolz

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een wereldwijde revolutie

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Vivimos en un mundo tan acelerado que casi siempre buscamos la solución rápida para resolverlo todo. La cruda realidad es que esa solución precipitada no suele arreglar nada. Incluso a veces empeora las cosas. Ha llegado la hora de asumir que los parches no sirven para solventar los grandes problemas y que debemos afrontarlos de una forma meditada y paciente. En esta obra, Carl Honoré ofrece las claves para tomarnos la vida con calma y aprender a solucionar las dificultades de una manera más lenta pero mucho más eficaz.

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