Curing busyness so that we can be compassionate beings - Humankinda

JetBlue has created a 16-minute video called "Humankinda" shines a light on the disease we have called busyness.  People wear busyness like a badge of honor.  It makes us appear important and accomplished. 

But this busy frenzy is taking its toll.  Failure to take breaks and connect with real people has a range of unintended consequences:

• high stress
• lack of creativity
• failure to build trust
• disconnectedness (not approachable)
• unhappiness
• bad health

I could go on.  All these and more create a volatile environment.

Watch the video.  It's very funny (Veep's Sam Richardson is perfect in his narrator/helper role)

But don't gloss over the humor, do something about it.  Spread the word and stop the madness!


See Fast Company's take on it also see "The Busy Trap" by Tim Kreider in the New York Times