Unhurried - the book
New edition out now
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Unhurried - What’s possible beyond busyness? tells the story of my journey towards a more unhurried way of working, drawing on years of conversational experiments and facilitating meetings and events around the world.
I begin by reflecting on a series of unhurried conversations I’ve run in the last few years, and which others host as far afield as Santa Cruz and Bangalore.
Then I share some of the ways I think this emerging practice I call unhurried can be applied to the rest of our lives.
A more human pace
Unhurried doesn’t mean slow. To be unhurried is to move at the right pace for the task at hand, to understand our place in relation to others and to be realistic about what can and should be achieved.
When we recognise that everyone brings their own rich experience to every interaction, we can see past the “one-size-fits-all” ways to getting things done. We may find ways to make change happen with less stress and effort.
Unhurried is about enjoying life at a more human pace in a world that seems to run at the speed of machines. It grew from an experiment in having more satisfying conversations where we stop interrupting each other and sometimes sit with silence.
Being unhurried is about working as we are: messy, imperfect, normal human beings. The more we accept that, the more fun it turns out we can have.
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Reviews of the previous edition of the book:
“I read Johnnie’s book in a single afternoon. Not because it is a page turner, quite the opposite, it invites me to think, and think again at every turn. So it lead me gently in. And will do so, again, I have no doubt. This is one to return to. Johnnie really is a voice of complete sanity. It is the rest of the world that is crazy.”
“This little book is a gem! For anyone who buys it, one read will not suffice. It’s one of those pearls of wisdom that you will keep coming back to”