Freelancers need to rest, too
Manchester-based Web site Creative Boom has an article urging freelancers to "ditch the freelance guilt:" The first couple of years of freelancing weren't exactly a walk in the park.
“there isn’t even a whiff of hippie wishy-washiness:” Readers review REST
REST has received some excellent reviews in places like the New York Times and... well, there's no place quite like the New York Times, but it's gotten positive press
Do spiders have extended minds?
For years I've been fascinated by the "extended minds" thesis, the claim that we should regard our minds not as confined to our brains, but including brains, bodies
“a life spent dutifully responding to emails is a dull one indeed. And ‘wasted’ time is, in fact, highly fulfilling”
The World Economic Forum blog has an Olivia Goldhill piece that argues for the importance of "wasted" time. when we spend so long frantically chasing productivity, we refuse
“I’ve run through a lot of my life, only to discover that the most successful people get more done when they slow down and rest”
Maria Shriver has an excerpt of REST on her Web site on this Memorial Day weekend. As she explains, a respect for leisure and rest isn’t something I grew
Portugese edition of REST
I just heard that the Portuguese edition of REST, Descansar: A razão pela qual conseguimos fazer mais quando trabalhamos menos, will be out in June. The cover is a
Cover of Japanese edition of REST
The Japanese edition of REST will be out pretty soon (next Friday, I think), and the publisher sent me the cover and bookband. I don't know why bookbands
John Cleese, Graham Wallas, and preparation for insight
Monty Python's John Cleese has given a number of talks over the years about creativity. Today runner and academic Peter Francis tweeted out a link to a talk Cleese gave that
Focus, mind-wandering, and the brain
Psychiatrist and Neuro Business Group founder Srini Pillay has a short piece on the Harvard Business Review blog arguing that "Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus," but
REST and the Greater Good Science Center
The Greater Good Science Center's Web site has an excerpt from REST about "How Resting More Can Boost Your Productivity:" Rest has a bad rap in our culture.