Another thing to look for when I’m in London: Nick Littlehales’ new book on sleep
Nick Littlehales, a sleep coach who's worked with many world-class athletes and is a fellow Penguin Life author (I can't tell you how cool it is to be able to
When doing nothing at your job is disciplined– and profitable
My son on the Utah-Nevada border. His t-shirt reads, "I'm not lazy, I'm energy efficient" The Wall Street Journal has been running a series on the rise of
Churchill’s naps
I've mentioned Churchill's naps (and the napping habits of leaders, and people who want to be leaders) in several posts, but his history of napping is worth a post.
Writing and Research
Kevin Birmingham's Truman Capote Award Acceptance Speech, which he won for his book about the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses, is getting some well-deserved attention for its reflections
Is your brain’s need for stimulation leading to sleep deprivation? You suffer from “Trump Syndrome”!
Science of Us writer Drake Baer lays out the argument that Donald Trump's, umm, distinctive personality characteristics can be blamed on (or are exacerbated by) sleep deprivation: Earlier
If I lose my Amsterdam talk, I’ll have help finding it
The first translation of REST is actually going to appear before the American edition: my super-fast Dutch publisher Kosmos (who also published a translation of The Distraction Addiction) is going
How varied activities contribute to happiness: “‘variety is the spice of life’—but not of an hour”
One of the things I noticed in REST is that the people I was writing about found way stop lead terrifically productive lives, make great discoveries, and create
Guy Kawasaki: “You are going to work the rest of your lives, so don’t be in a rush to start”
Guy Kawasaki recently spoke at the Project Time Off's Upside of Downtime Forum about the importance of taking time off, and the need for leaders to practice what
Happy Hamilton Day, and walking insights
Mathematical Bridge, Cambridge It may not be on your calendar, but Sunday October 16 is Hamilton Day, the anniversary of the day Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton carved his most
Speaking at the Westerkerk: Come for the rest, stay for the magnificent 17th century architecture!
I'm going to be going to Amsterdam in November to promote the Dutch edition of my new book REST, and one of the events I'll do is a