Rahaf Harfoush

Hustle and Float

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OUR CULTURE HAS BECOME OBSESSED WITH HUSTLING.
As we struggle to keep up in a knowledge economy that never sleeps, we arm ourselves with life hacks, to-do lists, and an inbox-zero mentality, grasping at anything that will help us work faster, push harder, and produce more.
There’s just one problem: most of these solutions are making things worse. Creativity isn’t produced on an assembly line, and endless hustle is ruining our mental and physical health while subtracting from our creative performance. Productivity and Creativity are not compatible; we are stuck between them, and like the opposite poles of a magnet, they are tearing us apart.
When we’re told to sleep more, meditate, and slow down, we nod our heads in agreement, yet seem incapable of applying this advice in our own lives.
Why do we act against our creative best interests?
WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO FLOAT.
The answer lies in our history, culture, and biology. Instead of focusing on how we work, we must understand why we work—why we believe that what we do determines who we are.
Hustle and Float explores how our work culture creates contradictions between what we think we want and what we actually need, and points the way to a more humane, more sustainable, and, yes, more creative, way of working and living.
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382 printed pages
Original publication
2019
Publication year
2019
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  • Revathi Ganeshhas quoted3 years ago
    If you’re ready to accept that there is a better way and are prepared to ask yourself difficult and maybe painful questions—this book is for you.
  • Revathi Ganeshhas quoted3 years ago
    If you’re willing to challenge some of society’s most closely held definitions of success and achievement—this book is for you.
  • Revathi Ganeshhas quoted3 years ago
    If you’ve ever felt suffocated by the pressure of producing, producing, producing—this book is for you.

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