Laziness Does Not Exist

De: Devon Price PhD

Narrado por: Em Grosland

From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human way to live” (Cal Newport, New York Times best-selling author) that examines the “laziness lie” - which falsely tells us we are not working or learning hard enough.

Extra-curricular activities. Honors classes. 60-hour work weeks. Side hustles.

Like many Americans, Dr. Devon Price believed that productivity was the best way to measure self-worth. Price was an overachiever from the start, graduating from both college and graduate school early, but that success came at a cost. After Price was diagnosed with a severe case of anemia and heart complications from overexertion, they were forced to examine the darker side of all this productivity.

Laziness Does Not Exist explores the psychological underpinnings of the “laziness lie,” including its origins from the Puritans and how it has continued to proliferate as digital work tools have blurred the boundaries between work and life. Using in-depth research, Price explains that people today do far more work than nearly any other humans in history, yet most of us often still feel we are not doing enough.

Filled with practical and accessible advice for overcoming society’s pressure to do more, and featuring interviews with researchers, consultants, and experiences from real people drowning in too much work, Laziness Does Not Exist “is the book we all need right now” (Caroline Dooner, author of The F*ck It Diet).

©2021 Devon Price. All rights reserved. (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

Probably needed to hear this years ago.

I've been pushing myself too hard for decades and have started to loath my job. I picked this up after hearing the author talk about this subject on The Mental Illness Happy Hour. Once I started, I couldn't help but cringe as it laid out what I've been doing to myself for too long. This gives insight, but will not solve your problems... Only you can do that.

The subject matter was quite interesting, but the delivery was a tad dry. Overall, I'd suggest this if you're starting to lose interest in things that once gave you pride and joy. That might just be the burnout from trying to live the laziness lie.

Thought-provoking and life-changing

This book reached me in so many ways. In some aspects, it met me where I am in life. In other ways, it motivated me to take another approach to exploring new perspectives. And at its deepest reach, it challenged some of my values and beliefs.

OOOOF

this one will restructure your frameworks from the ground up. Devon thank you so much

Great read!

I feel better about being lazy and I understand better the inner working of systemic issues that contribute to the overall problem

good book

gives a great overview about how society has attached Morales to productivity and how that has a negative impact on humanity as a whole.

Read. This. Book.

I believe everyone raised in a capitalist society, especially one like America with a Protestant upbringing could benefit radically from reading this book.

A needed book for the time

It approached the common anxieties people have and traps we fall into. Good read overall

It's not just our jobs

Our whole way of life is twisted around to serve our masters. We in America and her hegemonic sphere of influence are slaves, owned by capital, and they have indoctrinated us with a pernicious lie: that we are lazy.

This book is a full throated argument that laziness is never the reality. That doing less is higher quality, and the quality is for the self, regardless of whether anything is produced. You need this book. This is the good news you need to hear.

We are all Dump trucks 😁

Every human being needs to read this book. Covers everything from body to work to academia to parenting to every part of life you can think of and how to live with compassion towards self and others as well as really great explanations of where the laziness myth comes and also explanations for procrastination and laziness. It made me look at myself and other people around me with more kindness, compassion and understanding. And that’s the most powerful and magical thing a book can do. Thank you Dr Price 🙏🏻😁

If you hate your job read this book

Best avocation for working less in a capitalistic world based on real data and science