REST

“Work provides the means to live, rest gives meaning to life”

Why you get more done when you work less Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Penguin

Life For those of the ‘if you’re not stressed, you can’t be working hard’ school of thought, be warned: poor performance, fraught relationships and bad health outcomes are the likely result. Put simply, we cannot work well without resting well, a lesson many super-busy high achievers have learned. Sir Winston Churchill and J.R.R. Tolkien were proponents of the afternoon nap (regular napping can improve memory), while Roald Dahl side-stepped the stress of writer’s block by stopping work for the day when he knew what he intended to write next. Bill Gates tackles the myriad demands of his empire by heading to a remote cabin, alone. ‘Deliberate rest’, be it of a slow or very active kind, really can be the key to getting more done, and feeling better while you’re doing it. But, just like work, it requires discipline and commitment. Written by a Silicon Valley consultant, Rest is a game-changer that may well help you to master the necessary skills.