Deliberate rest in AskMen
I have a short piece about deliberate rest in the British magazine AskMen, in which I draw the parallel between deliberate rest in creative work, and rest and recovery days
“If you’re prone to burnout or still believe that overwork actually works, this book will set you straight”
More kind words from Arianna Huffington about REST, this time in Lifehacker: What are you currently reading? I read The Thrive Journal every day, of course. And I
Rest, Health And Well Being
I'm in the air today, flying to Munich for the DLD conference (many pictures and updates to come!), but in the meantime, check out my recent conversation on
Is work-life balance a myth?
Yesterday I was on an episode of Al Jazeera's "The Stream" to talk about work-life balance, rest and technology. It was interesting doing a TV show, especially via
Gestures and Childhood Creativity
In the philosophy of mind, there's a concept called "embodied cognition," which holds that thinking isn't just something we do with our brains; we do it with our
REST is one of Success Magazines 2016’s Best Books
Granted, it may seem like a list of "71 of 2016’s Best Books to Make You Successful" can simply list every business book published this year and declare
Speaking at American Library Association, January 21
The American Library Association's midwinter conference is going to be in Atlanta from January 20-24. Naturally ALA attracts lots of book publishers (as well as makers of shelves, desks,
“Busy men find life very short:” Seneca on busyness, leisure and time
Yesterday I read Seneca's essay "On The Shortness of Life." I read his Letters from a Stoic when I was on sabbatical in Cambridge, and recently saw a reference
WAMC Golden Notebook
The Books Pick podcast recommends Rest as a holiday read. the podcast features reviews from the Golden Notebook, a bookstore in Woodstock, New York. The discussion starts at 14:25, though the opening
And the award for most out-of-the-way reference to REST goes to…
A piece from the Graduiertenschule für Ost- und Südosteuropastudien on "Bypassing Chokepoints: On the Anthropogeography of Smuggling." I'm sure there's some pithy saying by Von Clausewitz about when