Aficionados of Slow design and Slow fashion use ethical and green materials to make objects - furniture, clothes, jewellery - that lift… — Carl Honore Clothes Copy Share Image
We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we… — Carl Honore Books 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
“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
There is so much to be gained from investing more time in what we eat. Buying fresh ingredients means knowing where your… — Carl Honore Buying Copy Share Image
The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
By slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better: They eat better; they make love better; they… — Carl Honore Exercise Copy Share Image
The great benefit of slowing down is reclaiming the time and tranquility to make meaningful connections--with people, with culture, with work, with… — Carl Honore 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
You don't have to work for Google, or any of the other firms encouraging staff to pursue personal projects on company time,… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Turn the preparing of food into a communal affair by enlisting others to help with the chopping, grating, stirring, simmering, tasting and… — Carl Honore Affair 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
In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down… — Carl Honore Art Copy Share Image
Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot,… — Carl Honore 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 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
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
“The clock is the operating system of modern capitalism, the thing that makes everything else possible - meetings, deadlines, contracts, manufacturing processes,… — Carl Honoré Capitalism Copy Share Image
To help staff recharge and think better, companies are setting aside quiet places to relax, practise yoga or even take a nap.… — Carl Honore 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 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
We know that no algorithm can solve global poverty; no pill can cure a chronic illness; no box of chocolates can mend… — 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
“Now is the moment to define our terms. In this book, Fast and Slow do more than just describe a rate of… — Carl Honoré Books Copy Share Image
The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated… — Carl Honore 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 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
