In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with Chris Bailey about his new book How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times.

Learn how to be a bouncer for your mind, what a novelty bias is, the opposite of calm, how striving can make us less productive, and more.

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Our Guest: Chris Bailey

Chris Bailey is an author and lecturer who explores the science behind living a deeper, more intentional life. He is the international bestselling author of How to Calm Your Mind, Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project—which have been published in 35 languages around the world. He is also the author of the Audible Original, How to Train Your Mind. Alongside his wife, Chris is the host of the podcast Time and Attention, and writes a weekly column at ChrisBailey.com, which is read by tens of thousands of people every week. In addition to his writing, Chris speaks to organizations around the globe on how they can become more productive, without hating the process. His latest TED Talk, How to Get Your Brain to Focus, has been viewed over 13 million times.

To date, Chris has written hundreds of articles on the subject of productivity, and has garnered coverage in media as diverse as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, GQ, HuffPost, New York magazine, Harvard Business Review, TED, Fast Company, and Lifehacker. In an interview, the prestigious TED Talks organization said that he “might be the most productive man you’d ever hope to meet", and the Harvard Business Review called him “a quirky and energetic guide through the productivity thicket”. Recently, Wired Magazine called him an “all-around productivity guru,” and Fast Company called him a "productivity mastermind."

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Twitter: @Chris_Bailey IG: @chrisbaileyauth Linkedin: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/chrbailey Books: chrisbailey.com/books/

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