Working Hard, Hardly Working: How to achieve more, stress less and feel fulfilled: THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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In Working Hard, Hardly Working, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed 'lazy workaholic' Grace Beverley challenges this unrealistic and unnecessary split and offers a fresh take on how to create your own balance, be more productive and feel fulfilled.

But: This is one book that our generation needs! Because it’s so relevant to us and just the start of a hopeful bigger conversation. Grace admits at one point in the book that when she started writing it, she had no idea what she was going to say, and to be honest that’s very evident when you’re reading it. There are a few good points made, but certainly not enough to write a book. At the end of most chapters it felt very unclear what point, if any, she was trying to make. We all know the pressure of feeling like we should be grinding 24/7 while simultaneously being told that we should 'just relax' and take care of ourselves, like we somehow have to decide between success and sanity. But in today's complex working world, where every hobby can be a hustle and social media is the lens through which we view ourselves and others, this seemingly impossible choice couldn't be further from our reality. However, although this book is marketed for everyone I think it is a lot more transferable for those who are self employed or have their own management of their work load. There’s a few points I was able to take away from this so all in all wasn’t a waste of my time and even parts I couldn’t implement for myself I still find interesting to learn about. All the things this book says are already known: I know I have to take breaks; I know I need time off; I know I need to write to-do lists. I already know and do all of these things. I wanted something more.

In her book, Grace discusses the importance of taking breaks in-depth and the topic comes up in several chapters. She suggests asking yourself the following questions to determine how often and how long your breaks should be: I‘m never going to feel successful unless I define what success is for me, and if I never feel successful, I‘ll never be successful.“ We all know the pressure of feeling like we should be grinding 24/7 while simultaneously being told that we should 'just relax' and take care of ourselves, like we somehow have to decide between success and sanity. But in today's complex working world, where every hobby can be a hustle and social media is the lens through which we view not only others but also ourselves, this seemingly impossible choice couldn't be further from our reality. In Old English, the adverbs “hardly” and “hard” were heardlice and hearde ( -lice and -e were adverbial endings). Both can be traced to hardu-, a root reconstructed from prehistoric Germanic, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. The ultimate source was apparently the Proto-Indo-European root kar- or ker- (hard). Titled a “joyful game changer” by Cosmopolitan, Mikaela is now taking the internet by storm, launching and co-hosting the Yikes! podcast which breaks down the world’s issues in an easy way to guide everyone towards action together. She is also a recent bestselling author of ‘It's Not That Radical: Climate Action To Transform Our World’ which gives the public easy, accessible options in moving forward the climate change movement.

In this top-charting podcast series, entrepreneur Grace Beverley breaks away from the conventional business podcast rhetoric - immersing us in the extraordinary journeys of people from all walks of life who have achieved remarkable success in unique fields. From housing campaigners to investors and sex experts, no avenue is off limits. Each conversation brings new lessons and stories that will inspire you to consider what ‘success’ really means to you and how you can achieve it. Climate justice activist Mikaela Loach advocates for environmental justice, racial justice, sustainable fashion, and fights human rights issues. Along with her fearless attitude, Mikaela has been hailed as a leading influencer in the climate change crisis, in 2019 she even took the government to court for using taxpayers money to fund North Sea oil and gas companies supported by the environmental non profit Uplift and the Paid to Pollute campaign. Triumphant, Mikaela forced the government to admit in court that they had given these tax breaks. Offers a fresh take on how to create your own balance, be more productive and feel fulfilled in the high-pressure social media age.' Cosmopolitan , 12 BEST NEW BOOKS TO READ This was the most over-hyped book I have read in a long time. It's great if this provided you with helpful tips to implement in your own life, but for me, it was extremely repetitive and confusing to read. please please please could you work on your interview style… you have incredible guests and they’re super interesting people with a lot to learn from and a lot of inspiration to give. You do ask good questions, but you interrupt, give your own opinion, over explain your points, you say ‘whatever it might be’ all the time, you constantly input ‘if it was me’, ‘I’d be like’ or talk about yourself.Was intrigued by this book from the huge media frenzy about it but was disappointed - although perhaps I shouldn’t have been (after all, most ‘influencer’ books are much like this aren’t they?!). She manages to formulate some things, that we are all feeling and experiencing to some degree, in concrete terms like I haven‘t heard much people talk about yet. Beverley is an astoundingly successful businesswoman and clearly very intelligent but she isn't a natural author, and I'm surprised parts of this got past proof-reading stages. I had no idea who Grace Beverly was and overall I was pretty clueless about the book's contents or its target audience when I started reading it. All I knew was that I wanted to have a conversation about work and I wanted to reflect upon my approach and motivation and this book seemed as good a start as any other.

Tasha Ghouri is a television personality, activist, dancer and model, most recognised for her stint on the 2022 Summer series of Love Island UK, with Tasha being the first deaf person to enter the Villa. The OED, an etymological dictionary based on historical evidence, doesn’t explain why the meaning of “hardly” changed so dramatically. Our guess is that the “-ly” adverb evolved from emphasizing the energy needed to cope with a difficult situation to emphasizing the difficulty of the situation itself. Q: I’m curious about the use of “hard” and “hardly” in that old play on words, “Are you working hard or hardly working?” Do the two usages have the same derivation or are they from different sources? Ep.60 "I was pushed to the side": Tasha Ghouri on her mission for a more accessible world Oct 30, 2023I found myself writing loads of notes in a diary alongside reading and feel super motivated to implement her advice into my working life. In Working Hard, Hardly Working, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed 'lazy workaholic' Grace Beverley challenges this unrealistic and unnecessary split, and offers a fresh take on how to create your own balance, be more productive and feel fulfilled. In the book, I have a whole chapter called The Productivity Method. I talk about things like work-life balance and the myths around this, and what's completely wrong about those myths, but also how to balance better. I think one of the most important things is really knowing how to see what’s most important in your work so that beyond that, you can spend more time doing other things that you love. There's nothing wrong with that. There’s definitely a new view that you have to absolutely love every second of your work, but you can actually just be really good at getting the work done, do really well at that, and also enjoy all the other things in your life, too. So, I think the most important thing is prioritising planning and time management. We’ve internalised the idea that we should be working all the time, and every time we're not working, we're losing money Think of it as a school of life. You’ll come away from each episode with actionable advice to help you achieve balance, success, and fulfilment whether you’re working hard, or hardly working. I hate to say I found it quite patronising to be receiving a lot of this advice from a 24 year old - whilst it’s impressive she’s at the stage of her career that she is at that age, I think a lot of her success is very circumstantial and can’t be replicated by reading a book with some age old timekeeping strategies in.