Ep. 66 DO LESS (2 Words that will Change Your Life)

Overdoing it is ingrained in our culture. So how do you go against the grain?

In this latest episode, host Lauren Lowrey takes you on a journey through our American obsessions with doing too much. Get the deets on how our nation compares to other countries when it comes to work-life (im)balance. Plus, what questions to ask yourself so you can DO LESS. 

💥 This episode is for you if 💥

• You're chronically doing too much.
• Your self-worth was based on how much you can produce.
• You bought into the equation that HARD WORK makes you A GOOD PERSON

 

📺 What you'll hear in this episode📺 

The episode begins with Lauren detailing why Americans are so obsessed with overdoing it. Lauren takes you way back to the Mayflower to show how pilgrims laid a lasting foundation for American society. Even to this day, we see the impacts 

• [4:26] But something changed in the digital age. Our obsession with work was accelerated and Lauren explains how.
• [11:26] Lauren walks you through the quantifiable disengagement happening in workplaces all over America and how it compares to other countries.
• [13:38] Tiny sneak-peak into what's coming up next for AMPstigator as Lauren details how she's taking her own medicine.

 

🔖 Chapters 🔖

0:27 - Lauren details how this episode is structured

1:34 - Our American history (Hard work = Heaven)

3:09 - Individualists vs Collectivists 

4:26 - How the digital age accelerated our need to DO

7:03 - How the digital age has changed broadcast TV

8:12 - How "Just Do It" fueled the fire

9:30 - How this negatively impacts us

11:22 - We're seeing quantifiable disengagement in the workplace 

12:33 - World Happiness Report

13:38 - Lauren's taking her own medicine on doing less

 

 

🗈 Show Notes 🗈

Ep. 31 At what cost? (When doing it all nearly kills you) [Spotify | Apple] 

 

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