{"product_id":"how-to-calm-your-mind-by-chris-bailey-9781035001989","title":"How to Calm Your Mind","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Calm Your Mind\u003c\/em\u003e offers a toolkit of accessible, science-backed strategies that reveal how the path to a less anxious life, and even greater productivity, runs directly through calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen productivity expert Chris Bailey discovered that he had become stressed and burnt out because he was pushing himself too hard, he realised that he had no right to be giving advice on productivity without learning when and how to rein things in and take a break. Productivity advice works – and we need it now more than ever – but it is just as important that we also develop our capacity for calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy finding calm and overcoming anxiety, we do not just feel more comfortable in our own skin, we invest in the missing piece that leads our efforts to become sustainable over time. We build a deeper, more expansive reservoir of energy to draw from throughout the day, and have greater mental resources at our disposal not only to do good work, but also to live a good life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the topics \u003cem\u003eHow to Calm Your Mind\u003c\/em\u003e covers are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHow analogue and digital worlds affect calm and anxiety in different ways;\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHow our desire for dopamine breeds anxiety;\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHow hidden sources of stress can be tamed by a 'stimulation fast';\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHow 'busyness' is as much a state of mind as it is an actual state of life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe pursuit of calm ultimately leads us to become more engaged, focused and deliberate – while making us more productive and satisfied with our lives overall. In an anxious world, achieving calm is the best life hack around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48242318377196,"sku":"9781035001989","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035001989-how-to-calm-your-mind-1.jpg?v=1787971400","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/how-to-calm-your-mind-by-chris-bailey-9781035001989","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}