“Speed can give you a great feeling of excitement, and there is a place for that in life and in music," says… — Carl Honoré Life Copy Share Image
I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly. — Carl Honore Felt Copy Share Image
In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We… — Carl Honore Age Copy Share Image
Whether it's mending a failing company, fighting corruption, tackling disease, or rebuilding a marriage, the hardest problems defy just-add-water remedies. Indeed, slapping… — Carl Honore Business Copy Share Image
Warnings about children being overscheduled, racing from one enriching activity to the next, first surfaced in the early 20th century. — Carl Honore 20th century Copy Share Image
Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give… — Carl Honore Anxious Copy Share Image
In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise and… — Carl Honore Age Copy Share Image
“While the rest of the world roars on, a large and growing minority is choosing not to do everything at full-throttle. In… — Carl Honoré Fitness Copy Share Image
I love all this stuff. I look at all the gadgets that come out and I think, ‘Oh, this fix works for… — Carl Honore Fronts Copy Share Image
Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's… — Carl Honore Attention Copy Share Image
This is where our obsession with going fast and saving time leads. To road rage, air rage, shopping rage, relationship rage, office… — Carl Honore Age Copy Share Image
Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy… — Carl Honore Activities Copy Share Image
“Much has already been destroyed. We have forgotten how to look forward to things, and how to enjoy the moment when they… — Carl Honoré Time Copy Share Image
“When people moan, “Oh, I’m so busy, I’m run off my feet, my life is a blur, I haven’t got time for… — Carl Honoré Copy Share Image
I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I… — Carl Honore Go Copy Share Image
You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch… — Carl Honore Always Copy Share Image
“The best thing about knitting is its slowness," says Murphy. "It is so slow that we see the beauty inherent in every… — Carl Honoré Beauty Copy Share Image
I've teamed up with one of the headmasters at Eton College, and we're spearheading a kind of 'slow education movement in Britain'.… — Carl Honore Approach Copy Share Image
Sometimes it takes a wake-up call, doesn't it, to alert us to the fact that we're hurrying through our lives instead of… — Carl Honore Actually Copy Share Image
“The slow movement is not about doing everything at a snail's pace. Nor is it a Luddite attempt to drag the whole… — Carl Honoré Live better Copy Share Image
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their… — Carl Honore Bedtime Copy Share Image
My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting… — Carl Honore Book Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that's been hijacked by the management consultant ethos. We want everything boiled down to a Power Point… — Carl Honore Algorithm Copy Share Image
“Although moderate levels of time pressure don’t harm creativity,” says Amabile, “extreme time pressure can stifle creativity, because people can’t deeply engage… — Carl Honoré Creativity Copy Share Image
Our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute, means that we race through life instead of actually living… — Carl Honore Actually Copy Share Image
