Robert Poynton

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Robert Poynton



I live off grid in rural Spain, 3km outside a small town that no-one has heard of. My most recent book, 'Do - Pause', was shaped by this place and its rhythms - both natural and human. I continue to write about pause. I think we need constant reminding that our best ideas and best selves come from variation, not from being 'always on'. 'Do - Pause' received so much attention when it was published last year, that I also decided to create The Pause Project (for more information see: www.pauseproject.space).

'Do - Improvise' and 'Everything's an Offer', my two previous books, are both about improv and how the ideas and practices it rests on can help us in every day life and work. I believe that creating the conditions where good things can happ
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“Such ‘radical serendipities’ don’t happen when you are head down, rushing to a predetermined destination, or buried up to your eyebrows in everyday detail. The opportunities might still be there, but chances are you won’t see or notice them, and even if you do, you are likely to dismiss them as impossible while you speed along the path you have planned.”
Robert Poynton, Do Pause: You are not a To Do list

“Machines work well at a constant speed—and the faster the better. They are designed and built for it.Whether they are spinning cotton or crunching numbers, regular, repetitive actions are what they excel at and, increasingly, our world is designed by machines. Yet what works well for machines doesn't work well for people.”
Robert Poynton, Do Pause: You are not a To Do list.

“Machines work well at a constant speed—and the faster the better. They are designed and built for it. Whether they are spinning cotton or crunching numbers, regular, repetitive actions are what they excel at and, increasingly, our world is designed by machines. Yet what works well for machines doesn't work well for people.”
Robert Poynton, Do Pause: You are not a To Do list.



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