Digital nomads on the s-curve
The digital nomads movement exists in a bit of a legal grey area: people who travel the world, renting houses or hanging out in coworking spaces while freelancing
Rest with Alex Pang, Episode 2: Annie Tevelin and SkinOwl’s 24-Hour Week
This week on my podcast I talk to Annie Tevelin, founder and head of SkinOwl, a Los Angeles-based cosmetics company that works a 24-hour week. SkinOwl makes vegan cosmetics
Annie Tevelin and SkinOwl’s 24-Hour Week
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7dhzh-942a06 In this episode, I talk to Annie Tevelin, the founder of Los Angeles-based cosmetics company SkinOwl. Annie founded SkinOwl after studying cosmetics chemistry at UCLA; before that, she had a
This week in “where REST is popping up:” cloud-based compensation consulting, Australian massage parlour
So two more social worlds where REST has attracted notice. First, in the HR and compensation consulting world: Cloud compensation solution provider PayScale has announced that it will
“How You Can Use Rest as a Tool for Success:” My latest piece on Thrive Global
Arianna Huffington and I share a byline on a new piece on Thrive Global explaining "How You Can Use Rest as a Tool for Success:" The lives of
Weekend listening: Psychologists Off the Clock
I was recently on the Psychologists Off the Clock podcast, talking to Yael Schonbrun about Rest, deliberate rest, and how kids are vampires (though I'm not 100% sure
Deliberate rest goes new places
I'll confess: I didn't write Rest with the aim of it being picked up by people writing on subjects things like executive staffing and book marketing, but that's
“The potential in idleness for greater freedom seems worth the exploration”
University College Dublin philosophy professor Brian O'Connor has a nice piece in Time Magazine about "Why Doing Nothing is One of the Most Important Things You Can Do:"
The key to productivity
It seems to me that one of the simplest rules to follow when doing knowledge work (or symbolic analyzing, or being creative) is this: don't try to work
Rest with Alex Pang, Episode 1: Stephan Aarstol and the five-hour day at Tower Paddleboards
So the first episode of my podcast Rest with Alex Pang is now up: it's an interview with Stephan Aarstol, the founder of pioneering stand-up paddleboard and beach