“Bekerja Sebentar tapi Efektif, Kunci Sukses:” REST comes to Indonesia
Perhaps my favorite new example of REST going places on its own: a long article in Indonesian about rest and its importance. (It also name-checks Cal Newport, Anders
Turns out, senior executives sleep more than their minions
We all know that executives and leaders don’t sleep much. They burn the midnight oil, get up early, and by the time we mere mortals are staggering to
Working hours in South Korea are coming down
The Guardian reports that the South Korean government has voted to cut back the 'inhumanely long' 68-hour working week: Employees in one of the most overworked countries in
“he failed to do [his job] because he was distracted by tweeting”
So the next time you think you can handle checking your email while driving, think back to the 2016 Oscars when La La Land was incorrectly announced as
Naps are good, according to science
Sleep researcher Nicole Lovato writes about the benefits of afternoon naps (something I'm a big believer in): It’s common, occurs whether you’ve eaten lunch or not, and is
On writer’s block, inspiration, and writing
Economist Stephen Kinsella talks about "Focus, Productivity, and the Lure of Twitter" with Freedom, and has this story about dealing with writer's block: I was working on an
On being “talent”
Last week I spent a day in San Francisco, recording a summary of REST for a company that's putting together a series of lectures on work-life balance, digital
Pastors, workaholics, and “Leading from a Place of Rest”
The term "workaholic" was coined in 1971, in a book called Confessions of a Workaholic: The Facts About Work Addiction. The author Wayne Oates wasn't a lawyer or
Captains of industry and their hobbies
[Note: Every book project leaves material on the cutting-room floor that deserves to be published somewhere. This is a piece based on some research that didn't make it into
Music to work to
I listen to music almost constantly through the day, and when I was working on REST I did some reading about music and the brain, and the different