Carl Honoré | In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed

In the world of investing, we keep looking for an edge; everyone wants to be smarter, and faster, I often say I’m probably more patient than most. My guest today might know of a secret edge worth sharing.

Carl Honoré is a bestselling author, broadcaster and the voice of the Slow Movement. His two main-stage TED Talks have racked up millions of views. His TED Course is entitled How to slow down.

Carl travels the world to deliver powerful keynotes that put time and tempo in a whole new light. His counter-intuitive message is simple but game-changing: To thrive in a fast world, you have to slow down.

Carl’s first book, In Praise of Slow, chronicles the global trend toward putting on the brakes in everything from work to food to parenting.

Carl’s second book, Under Pressure explores how to raise and educate children in a fast world and was hailed by Time as a “gospel of the Slow Parenting movement.”

Carl’s third book, The Slow Fix, explores how to tackle complex problems in every walk of life, from health and relationships to business and politics, without falling for superficial, short-term quick fixes.

Carl’s latest book, Bolder: Making The Most Of Our Longer Lives, explores ageing – how we can do it better and feel better about doing it. It’s a spirited manifesto against ageism.

We talked about the following ideas:

1. Speed is not always the best – that idea that it’s the fittest that survive, not the fastest!

2. The biggest challenge to the slow movement is alleged price, the sacrifice we need to pay if we dare to slow down – Carl shares his perspective.

3. Boredom is a modern invention.

4. A contradiction, and contrast of sorts, where we could both praise speed and slowness. How do we strike a balance between the fast and slow?

5. Being time rich and being time poor, how do become time rich in this ever-faster world we live in?

6. The curiosity in slowness is growing also in the industry that is speeding us up – tech industry!

7. We touch on remote work, and how it’s changing the work, life, and speed dynamic.

8. Leisure is not more than escape from work.

9. Demographics, and aging, and Carl’s other book - Bolder

10. Stay tuned until the end where we talk about how we can get started on this path to slowness, how kids are growing up under lots of pressure.

Carl Honore -- Books. Carl's - Website. TED Talk.

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