The sections on slow parenting, home education and reducing working hours really spoke to me. Choosing a slower pace does not mean moving at the speed of a snail, but rather bringing some intentionality to what we are doing, and taking the time to enjoy it.
What he does point out is that one cannot live life at that pace all of the time, there must be balance. Honore does not disregard the fast, he himself plays ice hockey, a fairly fast-paced sport. Whatever the context, the ethos is the same: faster is not necessarily better. The book covers the reaches of the Slow Movement from sex and relationships, slow cities, exercise, alternative medicine and parenting. The main ingredients for it to be “ slow food” are respect for the environment in producing the ingredients, taste and community. This does not necessarily mean slaving away for hours in the kitchen, slow cooking everything it is possible to quickly cook a slow meal. When we take the time to cook our food from scratch, with seasonal ingredients, for instance, and enjoy it with family or friends, it not only tastes better but also has the potential to become a happy memory, an experience worth having. He argues that every person and activity has its own “ tempo giusto” or inherent speed.
In an expanded version of his popular TED talk, Honore challenges the common assumption that faster is better. Carl Honore does a great job of pulling all of those slow strands together, showing us what slow living is, and also what it is not. Prior to that, there had been the Slow Food movement in Italy spreading out to other places, and other groups attempting to slow down particular facets of their lives. He also presented a TV show called Frantic Family Rescue on Australia’s ABC 1.This is the book that started it all, that coined the term the “Slow Movement”. In a BBC Radio 4 series called The Slow Coach, he helped frazzled, over-scheduled Britons slow down. He travels the world to deliver powerful keynotes on the power, joy and wisdom of slowing down to audiences ranging from business executives, entrepreneurs and IT professionals to teachers, academics and medical practitioners.Ĭarl is regularly interviewed by leading media outlets. It means doing everything at the right speed.Įver since publishing In Praise of Slow in 2004, Carl has been the voice of the Slow Movement. SLOW does not mean doing everything at a snail’s pace. A reaction against the diktat that faster is always better.
You connect more, create more, focus more and achieve more. When you use the SLOW gear, everything falls into place. “The constant pressure to do everything faster means we race through life instead of actually living it. Mastering the clock of business is about choosing when to be fast and when to be slow.”
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