No One’s Eulogy Mentions Their KPIs
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No One’s Eulogy Mentions Their KPIs

Choosing life over busynessBy Isla T. Fairbanks
Michael Caine
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Length2h 57m

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What if the life you’re working so hard to build is the very life you’re missing? No one looks back at the end and wishes they had answered more emails, stayed later at the office, or squeezed in one more meeting. Yet every day, millions of people trade their time, health, and relationships for busyness disguised as success. Calendars overflow. Inboxes multiply. Rest feels guilty. And somehow, despite all the effort, life feels rushed and strangely empty. No One’s Eulogy Mentions Their KPIs: Choosing Life Over Busyness is a compassionate, eye, opening guide for anyone who feels trapped by overwork, burnout, or the pressure to constantly achieve. This book challenges the modern obsession with productivity and career status and offers a new definition of success rooted in time, presence, connection, and meaning. Through thoughtful storytelling, real, life observations, and practical mindset shifts, you’ll learn why busyness has become a badge of honour and how it quietly erodes your well, being. You’ll discover how work expands to fill every corner of your world, why your self, worth should never depend on your job title, and how the pursuit of “more” often costs you what matters most. But this isn’t about quitting your job or abandoning ambition. It’s about balance. It’s about learning how to make work support your life instead of consume it. Inside, you’ll explore how to set boundaries without guilt, escape the productivity trap, reclaim your time, and design days you don’t need to escape from. You’ll begin to see that a good life isn’t built from longer hours or endless hustle, but from meaningful relationships, healthy rhythms, quiet moments, and the courage to choose what truly matters. This book is for professionals, parents, entrepreneurs, and anyone who feels tired of living on autopilot. It’s for the high achiever who secretly feels burned out. The helper who never rests. The responsible one who forgot how to slow down. And anyone ready to trade constant pressure for clarity and purpose. Warm, reflective, and deeply human, this guide helps you step off the treadmill of endless work and step back into your own life. Because when everything is said and done, your legacy won’t be your deadlines or metrics. It will be how fully you lived. If you’re ready to overcome burnout, reduce stress, improve work, life balance, and build a meaningful life beyond productivity, this book will help you choose presence over pressure and life over busyness.

Audiobook details

GenreBusiness and Economics
Length2 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

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1310. Setting Boundaries Without Apology
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1411. The Myth of the Perfect Career
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1512. Reclaiming Time, Presence, and Purpose
41. The Lie We’re Sold About Success
1613. What You’ll Remember at the End — and What You Won’t
52. When Busyness Becomes a Badge of Honour
1714. Building a Life That Outlasts Your Job Title
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63. The Moments We Miss While Chasing More
1815. Living So Fully That Work Finds Its Rightful Place
74. Why Your Inbox Will Never Love You Back
1916. Quick Daily Shifts to Choose Life Over Busyness
85. Redefining What a “Good Life” Really Means
2017. How to Build a Life Where Work Supports You Instead of Consuming You
96. Escaping the Productivity Trap
2118. How to Support Someone Struggling with Burnout and Overwork
107. How Work Expands to Fill Your Entire World
2219. Frequently Asked Questions About Choosing Life Over Busyness
118. The Courage to Choose What Matters Most
2320. Common Myths About Work, Success, and Busyness
129. Designing a Life You Don’t Need to Escape From
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