About the Book
"Too many people have fallen into the busy cycle that Peggy so accurately and honestly portrays. This book is the wakeup call you need to get back to living."-- Seth Godin, author of The Song of Significance FINALIST FOR THE 2024 BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH
Busy is not better. Break the cycle of "just getting stuff done."
If you're feeling unfulfilled at the end of each day because you are busy but never seem to have time for what truly matters (a phenomenon called time poverty), you're not alone.
As a recovering "busyness addict," corporate performance expert Peggy Sullivan's struggle with the cycle of burnout and anxiety--leading to divorce, two totaled cars, a heart attack, and even accidentally eating cat food--led her on a quest for life outside busy . . . a sweet spot where productivity, happiness, and self-care can coexist.
Her search led her to create a transformative framework for taking back control of your time and your life that has helped individuals, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Bank of America, and Blue Cross Blue Shield get their employees off the busy treadmill and align their time and work with what's truly important.
Grounded in deep research, including the results of a first-of-its-kind 2023 Busy Report, her three-step Busy-Busting Process has been proven to eliminate unintentional busyness, ignite the power of happiness, and unlock a more meaningful life.
Beyond Busyness provides a simple, data-backed, and actionable approach to balancing peak performance, self-care, and happiness without sacrificing one for the other.
About the Author :
Peggy Sullivan is a corporate performance expert, author, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker.
With her signature blend of lively storytelling, heartfelt vulnerability, and laugh-out-loud humor, she has inspired organizations of all kinds from all over the world, including Google, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Women in Construction, the American Bus Association, the Jewish Federation, and Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Her data-driven strategies for organizational transformation and personal empowerment have been featured in Forbes, Inc., Time, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Entrepreneur, as well as on Fox, CBS, and NBC.
As founder and CEO of the national women's nonprofit SheCAN!, she was awarded the New York Women in Leadership award and the Marketing 2.0 Outstanding Leadership award.
She is also the author of Happiness Is Your Responsibility, an actionable tool kit for reclaiming your inner joy.
Review :
"As a certifiable 'Busyness addict, ' I totally relate to Peggy Sullivan's story. I only wish I'd had her research sooner. Beyond Busyness is the framework you need to help you balance being productive with what matters most to you." --Mel Robbins, New York Times bestselling author and host of The Mel Robbins Podcast
"Being busy and 'getting things done' feels great. But as Peggy Sullivan says in this urgent and necessary book, busyness is not the secret to success. We're all searching for the holy grail of balancing productivity with happiness. Beyond Busyness might just be it." --Eric Schurenberg, former CEO, Inc. and Fast Company
"In this important book, Peggy Sullivan reveals the many hidden dangers of busyness and how to combat them to live a better life." --David Meerman Scott, marketing strategist and author of thirteen books, including The New Rules of Marketing and PR
"Too many people have fallen into the busy cycle that Peggy so accurately and honestly portrays. This book is the wakeup call you need to get back to living." --Seth Godin, author of The Song of Significance
"When did 'Busy' become an answer to 'How are you?' Good question! And Peggy Sullivan has answers, born of her own journey, that drive home the terrible costs of busyness. Armed with data, Sullivan shows that addiction to busyness is a pathology eating away the happiness and health of far too many of us nowadays and provides actionable steps for overcoming it. Honest and practical, Beyond Busyness is for anyone longing for more clarity, focus, and meaning in their lives. --Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership, Harvard Business School, and author of Right Kind of Wrong
